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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
1. Filices . . Genera . 10 Species 23 
o at , i i / Grasses . 31 70 
2. Monocotyledons | Liliace;e; &c 34 66 
65 136 
3. Dicotyledons . . 265 542 
Total 340 Genera 701 Species 
In the above table the species of Salix and Carex> are not 
estimated. 
Here, the proportion of Monocotyledons to Dicotyledons 
is about one to four ; the genera and species in each division 
retaining very nearly an equal proportion to each other, viz. 
as one to two. 
I purpose, in my subsequent communication, to give a 
succint general view of each of the three divisions already 
mentioned; noticing the abundance or scarcity, the luxuriance 
or the deficiencies of the more interesting groups, with such 
other observations as the diversity of the subject may suggest, 
as there is a very great variety of country included in this limit. 
General Observations. 
I. Ferns. 
Neither on the common itself, nor about the watery spots 
by which it is sparingly studded, is there any considerable 
variety of ferns. The brakes, however, are in immense 
abundance on the former ; and Blechnum boreale, with its 
elegant fronds, borders several of the watery places. But 
the neighbouring lanes and hedges exhibit these curious 
plants in great variety and in much profusion. Passing by 
Polypodium, Scolopendvium, and several of the more common 
species of Aspidium — we find in great abundance the 
Aspidium Filix foemina, 
dilatatum, 
angulare, 
lobatum : 
Asplenium Trichomanes, sparingly, 
Adian turn nigrum, plentifully. 
The boggy wood, however, that is still permitted to flourish 
