LAST REA CRISTATA IN BRITAIN. 
699 
Oxton Bogs. Dr. J. Perry, F.R.S., 1837 — 8. 
Many specimens were distributed by Mr. C. Melvill from 
Dr. Perry’s herbarium. Excli. Club, Rep. 505, 1895 (1898). 
58. Chester. 
Wybunbury Moss. Rev. G. Pinder, Phyt, 1, 481, 1843. 
Dr. Wood, sp., 10, 8, 1847. W. R. Ranson, October, 1850. 
Dr. Fraser, sp., 10, 8, 1875. S. Thompson, 1855, herb., Whitwell. 
C. Melvill, 1884. 
Achmerc. J. F. Robinson, Bot. Ex. Club, Rep. 1871. p. 21 
(1872). 
Hatchmere, extinct. Egcrton in Tabley’s FI. Cheshire, 371, 1899. 
61. York S.E. 
Kennythorpe Moor. Messrs. Monckton and Mackle. “First 
found by the latter.” Mr. M. Slater in litt. This is the locality 
reported as “Near Malton” in Lowe’s ‘ British Ferns.’ 
“ Probably also in Cliff Wood.” J. J. Marshall in Flora, 
K. Riding, 221, 1902. 
63. York S.W. 
Thorne Waste. W. Casson (1856), Herb. Backhouse. Still 
there in 1872. Lees’ FI. W. Yorkshire, 510, 1888. 
64. York M.W. 
Askham Bogs, south end. Thornton, 1873. R. M. Christy 
and J. W. West, 1875 — 1877. D. and A. Ellis, October, 1878. 
Wilkinson, sp., 1893. “Mr. Hack house found about lifteen 
specimens in all.” Ibbotson, ‘Ferns of York,’ p. 12, 1884. 
74. Renfrew. 
“On the edge of a Loch beyond Crofthead near Neilston, 
twelve miles S.W. of Glasgow. First discovered by Dr. W. Arnott 
and Mr. Clarke, Curator of the Glasgow Boh Garden.” W. Galt, 
in Watson’s Comp. Cyb. Brit., 615, 1870! Mr. Somerville was 
unable to find it here, “Loch Libo,” in September, 1903. 
Reported also in Devon, Wilts, Surrey, Oxford, Bedford, 
Worcester, Linlithgow, Aberdeen. 
9. Dorset. 
Mr. Mansell-Pleydall in FI. Dorset, ed. 2, 329, 1895, gives six 
stations for this species, but there is great doubt whether in any 
one of the localities it is the true plant. One of the localities 
has been carefully searched by five botanists without success. 
In the station near Horsey this species grows in great abundance, 
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