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THE NATURALIST. 



fieldii of Moore. Five or six mountain varieties occur, such as L. ahhreviata, 

 l)ut these are somewhat difficult of determination. 



Z. rigida, Presl. (Rigid Buckler Eern.) This rare fern is found on 

 Whitbarrow, Amoide Knot, on limestone, I only found one batch of it on 

 Whitbarrow. 



L, spinulosa. (Var. of L. cristata, Presl.) (Spurious Buckler Fern.) 

 Wood on the left hand of the pathway from Brathay Bridge to Skelwith and 

 Colwith. 



L. dilatata, Presl. (Spreading Buckler Pern.) The normal state is 

 common in sheltered situations. The var. nana is found on most of the 

 mountains. I met with the var. dumetorum^ on Pairfield and Loughrigg 

 Pell, Westmoreland ; and Bowfell, Cumberland. 



The rare var. Z. collina, (recognised as a species by Newman, as 

 Lopliodium collinum,) occurs sparingly on the Grasmere side of Loughrigg 

 Pell, Westmoreland. The variety L. tenera, occurs on Bowfell, Cumberland. 

 I found two other varieties but could not determine them. (Z. remota, Moore, 

 is said to have been found at Windermere, and L. Thelypteris, occurs near 

 Keswick, but as I am only narrating what came under my own observation, 

 I omit them here.) 



Athyrium. 



A, Filix-foemina, Eoth. (Lady Pern.) This exquisite fern grows every- 

 where — by the dusty road-side— by the waterfalls — in woods — ^by the side of 

 the lakes — -and in a stunted state at high elevations. The principal varieties I 

 met with were A. molle, in a wood under I^abscar, Rydal. A. rluBticum^ 

 Loughrigg PelL A. purpureum, Eskdale, &c. A. laciniatum, Wood 

 between Eydal and Grasmere. There are innumerable varieties besides these 

 occurring in the district. 



ASPLENIUM. 



A. septentrionale, Hull. (Forked Spleenwort.) Borrowdale, I have 

 seen plants from this locality gathered last August. It is said to grow on 

 Red Screes, Kirkstone Pass. 



A. germanicum, Weiss. (Alternate-leaved Spleen'^ort.) I obtained a 

 plant of this from a garden at Ambleside, said to have been found wild at 

 Borrowdale, but I cannot vouch for the truth of the statement. 



A, Ruta-murarla, L. (Wall Rue.) Among loose limestone at Whit- 

 barrow, at Windermere, &c. &c. Common. 



A. vii'ide, Huds. (Green Spleenwort.) On Whitbarrow Screes, Am- 

 side Knot, &c., also at Easedale, and near Helvellyn, Cumberland. 



