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botanists about Keswick, at the waterfall of Lodore, and other 
localities : Mr. Heysham finds it on moist shady rocks in New- 
biggin w^ood, Baron wood, Gelt quarries, and on the banks of 
small streams on Tindall fell. 
Derbyshire. — Dr. Wood informs me it grows in profusion on 
the limestone rocks at Buxton. 
Devonshire. — Mr. Babington has observed it at Sheep’s tor; 
Mr. Ralfs on Dartmoor, not unfrequently ; Miss Hill at Ilfra- 
combe; the Rev. W. S. Hore on the summit of Cock’s tor; Mr. 
Kingston at Becky falls ; and Jones, in the ‘ Flora Devoniensis,’ 
records Lidforce w^aterfall as a locality. 
Durham. — Mr. Watson informs me that Mr. R. B. Bowman 
found it at Cawsey dene ; and Mr. Winch gives Cawsey wood, 
Waskerley dene, Cowclose, and Arngills, as localities. 
Glamorganshire. — Mr. Lees found it at the waterfalls 
of Scwd-y-Gladis and Cilhepste ; Mr. Dillwyn at Pont Nedd 
Yechn. 
Herefordshire. — I have seen it in Shobden-hill woods, and 
at Aymestree quarry, at the latter place very luxuriantly and 
abundantly. 
Lancashire. — Mr. S. Gibson informs me that it grows at 
Dulesgate, near Todmorden ; Mr. Wilson at Lancaster, beyond 
the asylum, and at Dean-church dough near Bolton; Mr. Piii- 
der at Fox dough near Colne, Padiham brook near Whalley, 
and on the Old-man mountain; Mr. Sidebotham at Mere-dough 
and Cotteril- dough ; Miss Beever near Coniston ; and Dr. 
Wood at Philip’s wood near Prestwick, and Boghart-hole dough. 
Merionethshire. — I observed this fern in several places near 
Barmouth, and at the waterfalls of Rhaidr-y-Mawddach, Pistil-y- 
Cayne, Dol-y-mellyn-lyn, &c. 
Montgomeryshire. — I found it on the natural walls of seve- 
ral of the little fissures through which mountain streamlets flow, 
on the ascent of Plinlymmon. 
Northumberland. — Mr. Winch has recorded as habitats the 
Cheviot hills, rocks west of Shewing-shields, moors near Wal- 
lington, &c. 
Radnorshire. — Mr. Westcombe found it at the waterfall of 
Craig-pwll-du. 
