ray’s woodsia. 
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small plants of the Woodsia^ mixed with a few fronds of Asple- 
nium viride and Cystopteris fragilis.’‘'‘^ Mr. King found several 
specimens in 1841. ‘‘Here,” says Mr. King, “I cast around 
many an anxious look for Woodsia Ilvensis ; at length, after 
much searching, and a good wetting from the drip of the water 
from the huge basaltic rocks, to my great joy I espied two small 
plants, which were instantly secured ; a little farther on we saw 
three more under a bush of Prunus Padus, but, not liking to 
destroy the plant, we left the roots of these in the crevice of the 
rock where they were growing.”f Mr. J. Backhouse, jun., Mr. 
Babington, Mr. Borrer, and other botanists, have repeatedly 
verified this Falcon Clints station ; and I have to acknowledge 
my thanks to these botanists for the opportunity of examining 
and comparing specimens, and to Mr. Kippist for a specimen 
gathered in the same locality by Mr. Woods : the five fronds 
represented at h are from this station. 
Forfarshire. — I am indebted to Dr. Greville for a specimen 
from the Clova mountains ; and the very fine specimen repre- 
sented at fig. c was gathered in August, 1836, in Glen Phee, by 
Mr. Wilson, who most obligingly favored me wdth the drawing, 
of which that figure is a fac simile copy. 
Westmoreland.^ — The following interesting note appeared in 
the 16th number of ‘The Phytologist.’ “On the 17th of 8th 
month [August] 1798, my father gathered a single frond of a 
fern from Crosby-Ravensworth Church, Westmoreland. Being 
unable to name it he showed it to several botanists in London, 
who could not decide what it was ; Lewfis Dillwyn at length 
sent it to Sir J. E. Smith, who returned the specimen labelled 
as follows : — 
“ Polypodium arvonicum, 
With, et FI. Brit. J. E. Smith. 
P. ilvense, With. 
Acrost. ilvense, Huds. 
(not Linn.) 
Acr. alpinuin, BoltJ^ 
The original specimen is now in my possession, with Sir J. E. 
Smith’s autograph ; the frond is 35 - inches in length from the 
bottom of the rachis to the apex, and about two inches from 
Phytologist, 75. 
i Id. 114. 
