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POLYPODIACE^. 
Staffordshire. — Mr. Finder informs me he has found it in 
Trenlham park ; Mr. Beynon, in the grounds of the Rev. Thos. 
Gisborne, of Yoxall lodge ; and Mr. Carter, that it occurs abun- 
dantly in a lane leading from Oakamoor to Cotton hall, and 
also on stone walls by the road-side, near Cotton hall. 
Westmoreland. — Mr. Finder considers it abundant in this 
county ; Mr. S. Thompson finds it at Dufton ; Miss Beever at 
Ambleside ; Mr. Hindson at Hutton roof and Casterton fell. 
Worcestershire. — Mr. Lees finds it plentifully on the Mal- 
vern hills, in a stony ravine between the north and end hills, 
north of Great Malvern ; Mr. Westcombe has found it on the 
north hill, and in Shrawley wood. I am indebted to the libe- 
rality of the Botanical Society of London for specimens from 
the first of these localities. 
Yorkshire. — Mr. Hardy finds it near Shefiield, and on An- 
ster rocks ; Mr. Gibson near Hebden bridge ; Mr. Finder in 
Bolton-abbey woods, from which locality he has presented me 
with fine specimens ; Mr. Watson in woods near Halifax ; Mr. 
Backhouse in Castle Howard park. Whits ton cliff, near Thirsk ; 
and various parts of the North and West Ridings ; Mr. Wilson 
on Ingleborough ; Mr. Ibbotson in Rivaulx woods, Luilesworth 
vale, and Cave-hole woods ; a number of other localities are 
recorded — as Brimham rocks, Teesdale, Bickering, Whitby, 
Richmond, Helmsley, Birks’ wood. North Dean wood. Button 
park and other woods near Halifax, Dallowgill, Hackfall, Saw- 
ley moor, &c. 
In Scotland Polypodinm Dryopteris is very generally distri- 
buted ; I have ascertained the following stations. 
Aberdeenshire.— Mr. Watson informs me he obtained it near 
Castletown, in Braemar, and on the adjacent mountains. 
Argyleshire. — When wandering in the ravines between Lochs 
Awe and Etive, I saw this fern in greater profusion than ever 
before or since ; I also observed it in many other parts of the 
same county ; and Mr. Gourlie gives me Brodick and the Isle 
of Arran as localities, on the authority of Mr. Adamson. 
Dumbartonshire. — I observed it in several places near Loch 
Lomond ; and Mr. Gourlie has found it on Ben Voirlich. 
Dumfriesshire. — Mr. Cruickshank informs me he has found 
it at Drumlanrigge, and on the Rae hills. 
