A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



The adder's tongue [Ophioglossum vulgatuni) is local, but is satisfac- 

 torily recorded for all the districts except that of South Molton ; in some 

 places it is locally plentiful. 



The moon-wort [Botrychium Lunaria) is local like the last and re- 

 corded for the same districts. 



Nephrodium cris^tatum, Kich.., was included by Jones and Kingston in 

 their Flora Devomemis, part ii. p. io8 (1829), but without precise 

 locality ; it was also recorded for Ilfracombe by Ravenshaw in i860 ; 

 also by the late Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, F/ora of Dorsetshire, ed. 2, p. 329, 

 on the authority of Z, Edwards as occurring in the parish of Hawkchurch 

 (now transferred to Devon), but the author of that Flora informed me 

 that he could not guarantee the record ; on the whole evidence it 

 does not appear that the species should remain in our list of Devon 

 plants. 



A popular account of the ferns, especially in the northern part 

 of the county, is given by Mrs. Charlotte Chanter, Ferny Combes (1856). 

 An account of the ferns in a portion of south-east Devon is given by 

 the Rev. Zachary James Edwards: T^he Ferns of the Axe (1862). 



The following is a complete list of the species of Devonshire ferns 

 after the nomenclature adopted in the Student's Flora : — 



Hymenophyllum tunbridgense, Sm. Aspidium aculeatum, Sw. 



— unilaterale, Willd. var. lonchitidoides, Hook. f. 

 Adiantum Capillus- Veneris, L. sub-sp. A. angulare, Willd. 

 Pteris aquilina, L. Nephrodium Filix-mas, Rich. 

 Cryptogramme crispa, R. Br. var. affine. Hook. f. 

 Lomaria Spicant, Desv. var. Borjeri, Hook. f. 

 Asplenium Ruta-muraria, L. var. abbreviatum, Hook. f. 



— septentrionale, Hull — spinulosum, Desv. 



— Trichomanes, L. sub-sp. N. dilatatum, Desv. 



— viride, Hudson var. nanum, Hook. f. 



— marinum, L. var. Aspidium, Boottii, Tuck. 



— lanceolatum, Hudson var. A. dumetorum, Sm. 



— Adiantum-nigrum, L. — aemulum, Baker 



— Filix-foemina, Bernh. — Thelypteris, Desv. 



var. A. rhaeticum, Roth — Oreopteris, Desv. 



var. A. inolle, Roth Polypodium vulgare, L. 

 var. A. incisum, HofFm. var. P. cambricum, L. 



— Ceterach, L. — Phegopteris, L. 

 Scolopendrium vulgare, Sm. — Dryopteris, L. 

 Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. Osmunda regalis, L. 



sub-sp. C. alpina, Desv. Ophioglossum vulgatum, L. 



Aspidium aculeatum, Sw. Botrychium Lunaria, Swr. 



sub-sp. A.lobatum, Sw. 



EQUISETACEiE 



The following is a complete list of the species occurring in the 

 county : — 



Equisetum arvense, L. Equisetum limosum, L. 



— maximum, Lam. var. E. fluviatile, L. 



— sylvaticum, L. _ hyemale, L. (?) 



— palustre, L. . — variegatum, Schleich. 



The corn horsetail (£. arvense) and the marsh horsetail {E. palustre) 

 are common and generally distributed. The great horsetail (£. maximum) 

 is widely spread and has been reported from the Barnstaple, South 



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