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other stations in the same neighbourhood. Mr. Edwin Lees has i 
likewise obligingly sent me specimens from the same localities : 
he found it in great abundance in September, 1843 : in every in- 
stance the fern was growing in gulleys of the cliff, where little 
rills of fresh water dribble down from above, depositing a tra- 
vertine sediment. Mr. J. Buckman, of Cheltenham, has kindly 
transmitted Ilfracombe specimens. I have also to acknowledge 
my obligation to the Botanical Society of London for specimens 
from Ilfracombe, collected by Mr. J. E. Gray, of the British 
Museum. Miss A. Griffiths informs me it has been found at 
Watermouth, also on the north coast ; and the Rev. W. S. 
Hore adds that it has lately been discovered near Brinham, on 
the south coast, by Mr. Bartlett. 
Wales. — MissM. Waring informs me she obtained specimens 
from rocks at Dunraven, in Glamorganshire ; and Mr. Dillwyn 
observes that it is common on the cliffs of lias at the eastern 
end of the county, but that he has not seen it on mountain 
limestone, or nearer to Swansea than Dunraven.* I have seen 
specimens from Barry Island, off the same coast, and this, as 
well as Port Kirig, have been given in all our Floras as localities. 
Isle of Man. — We find it mentioned in Lightfoot’s ^ Flora 
Scotica ’ as a native of the Isle of Man, but this locality appears 
to have been little regarded, indeed it had sunk into oblivion, 
when we were favored by a corroborative statement of the fact 
by the Rev. F. F. Clark.f From this gentleman we learn that 
the locality was rediscovered by Dr. Wood, of Cork, in or about 
1809, and by himself in 1835 and 1840 : in the latter year he 
thought it nearly exterminated, but Mr, T. G. Rylands again 
observed the plant in Glen Meay, in 1841 : he found young- 
plants in tolerable abundance, mixed with more mature ones, 
although it required close examination to discover the roots 
when the fronds were gone ; the finest root was high above a 
water-fall and perfectly inaccessible, so that he considers its 
extermination highly improbable. I am indebted to Mr. Wil- 
son for cultivated specimens, from a root brought by Mr. Ry- 
lands from this locality. 
^ Phytologist, 183. 
t Id. 89. 
