278 WOODSIA ILVENSIS. 
convex masses, variously placed at the points of the 
very irregular and indistinct veins; the masses are 
separated whilst young, but soon become crowded. The 
sort are on a small, membranous, roundish cover, of 
which the edge is fringed with very long, taper, jointed, 
hair-like segments. 
This, one of the rarest of our Ferns, is found only on 
the highest and bleakest of our mountains It has not 
been found in Ireland. 
In England only on Falcon Glints, Teesdale, Durham. 
In Wales, at Glyder-vawr, near Lyn-y-cwm, and Clog- 
wyn-y-Garnedh, Snowdon. 
In Scotland, between Glen Dole and Glen Phee, in 
the Clova Mountains, Forfarshire, at an elevation of 
between 1,600 and 1,700 feet. 
Mr. W. Reeve states that the two Woodsias require 
the same treatment, and are cultivated chiefly for their 
minute beauty, being so small that they will be almost 
lost upon a rockery or Fernery of any size. They are, 
however, well adapted for cultivating upon small Fern- 
eries, with such companions as Asplenium trichomanes, 
Allosorus crispus, the Asplenium ruta-muraria, and 
others. They may be cultivated, also, in pots successfully. 
They require a very open soil, composed of equal parts 
turfy peat and light loam, with a very free admixture of 
finely-broken charcoal, sandstone, and silver sand ; the 
pots to be one-third filled with finely-broken crocks or 
sandstone; upon this is to be put a little sphagnum 
or fibry parts of the peat, and the remainder to be 
filled with the above compost, placing the little plant 
