Europe Proper. x 



Iiomarla. 



L. Spicant, Besv. (Blechnum boreale, Sw^. Hab. : throughout 

 Europe, from Norwegian Lapland to Spain, and the islands of the 

 Mediterranean. Crete. Abundant in England, Scotland, and Ire- 

 land. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 40. 



'Woodwardia. 



W. radicans, Smith. Hab. : Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ischia, Sor- 

 rento, Sicily. 



Asplenium. 



A. Ilemionitis, Linn. Hah. : Spain, Portugal, or South- Western 

 Europe. 



A. viride, Huds. Hab, ; Arctic Europe to the Pyrenee.9, Dal- 

 matia, chiefly in mountain or subalpine regions. ' Most frequently, 

 and growing mo.st -vigorously on calcareous rocks, but not confined 

 to them.' — C. Bunhury. Trondheim, in Norway. In mountain 

 districts of England, Wales, and Ireland ; especially abimdant in 

 Scotland. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 30. 



A. Heuffleri, Reichardt. Ilab. : Tyrol. 



A. Trichomaues, Z. Hab.: temperate regions of the Old World, 

 on stone walls and rocks. Throughout Europe. A very frequent 

 inhabitant of Great Britain, from the south of Devon and Corn- 

 wall to the extreme north in the Orkneys, usually growing from 

 the crevices of walls and rocks. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 20. 



A. Petrarchse, De Cand. Hab. : Europe ; rare. South of France, 

 Montpellier ; Vaucluse ; Nice, near Toulon ; Sicily ; Mount Catal- 

 fano, near Bagheria. Clefts of calcareous rocks of Sierra Vernisa, 

 near San Felipe de Xativa, Spain. Hook. % Gr. Ic. Fil. t. 152. 



A. septentrionale, Hoffm. Hab. : Norway ; Britain, to Spain, Italy, 

 and the Ural Mountains. In Britain, in clefts of rocks and walls in 

 the mountain districts. Not known as a native of Ireland. Hook. 

 Brit. Ferns, t. "20. 



A. Seelosii, Leyhold. Hab. : Tyrol and Carinthia. Clefts of do- 

 lomitic rocks, at an elevation of from 4-6,000 feet, on the south and 

 north-west side of the Schleerngebirg, in South Tyrol. In clefts 

 of calcareous rocks at the foot of Mount Geier, near Salum, South 

 Tyrol ; perhaps the rarest of all European ferns. Hook. Second 

 Cent. Ferns, t. 82. 



A. marinum, Linn. Hab. : coast of West Europe, from the Ork- 

 neys to the Canaries and Azores; although so common on the 

 rocky coasts of the British Isles (far more general on the west than 

 on the east coasts, and in Ireland, but rarely seen inland j, as far 

 north as the Orkneys, it is nowhere known as an inhabitant of 

 Germany or Scandinavia, but following the coasts of France and 

 Spain, it extends south to the Canaries. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 31. 



A. Germanicum, Weiss. Hah. : middle and north of Europe, as 

 far aa Stockholm and Helsingfors ; also in Hungary and Dalmatia. 

 ' Much more rare on the Continent than A. septentrionale; growing 

 in company with it on stone walls in the valley of Chamounix in 

 Savoy.' — C. Bnnlmry. Rare in England and Scotland; mostly in 

 stony and mountain districts. In Wales, on Helvellyn ; Lowlands 

 of Scotland ; Minto Crags, near Dunkeld. Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 27. 

 A. Ruta-muraria, Linn. Hab. : Arctic Europe to Spain ; common 



