bree’s fern. 
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Cork. — 1 found it in profusion in the woods about Glengarriff, 
and am indebted to Mr. Woodward for a specimen gathered in 
the vicinity of Cork. 
Donegal. — Several places on the banks of Lough Swilly, Mil- 
roy bay, iVrrigal hill, near Donegal, and about Lough Derg. 
Galway. — About Clifden, about Roundstone and Ballina- 
hinch, and near Oughterard. 
Kerry. — On all the mountains and in all the woods : in the 
neighbourhood of Killarney it is so conspicuous an object as to 
have excited the admiration of many botanists. Mr. Ogilby, of 
Dublin, writes thus : — “ This is, in my opinion, the most beau- 
tiful of our robust ferns : in style of growth and elegance of form 
it is most striking ; it presents two tiers of fronds, if I may so 
describe them, the lower more pendulous, the upper more erect, 
and it is on the more erect fronds that the fructification is most 
perfectly developed : the dark purple stem contrasting with the 
light green and crisped appearance of the pinnae give a peculi- 
arly elegant feature to the plant : it likes the seclusion of trees, 
and places where it is not pressed by other vegetation ; on spots 
about Dinis Island, and more particularly under Cromaglaun 
mountain, it may be seen fully developing all its loveliness.” 
At O’Sullivan’s cascade, in the same neighbourhood, I ob- 
served it in the most graceful and beautiful luxuriance ; it forms 
a chief ornament of that exquisite little waterfall. I am indebted 
to Mr. Ogilby and Mr. S. P. Woodward for specimens from the 
vicinity of Killarney, and to Dr. Taylor, of Dunkerron castle, for 
others from the neighbourhood of Kenmare. 
Londonderry. — Near Coleraine, near Rushbrook, in several 
localities near Garvagh, and near Londonderry. 
Mayo.— Foot of Nephin, Coraan Achill, Newport, Westport &c. 
Sligo. — Among limestone rocks on the approach to Sligo 
from Manorhamilton. 
Wicklow. — Most abundant, beautiful and luxuriant at Glen- 
dalough : it here occurs of every possible gradation of size, on 
the exposed and bare rocks it is very diminutive, but in the 
woods it attains a large size, and is equally beautiful with the 
specimens growing in the woods about Killarney. 
I should add that Mr. Borrer and Mr. Jenner, both of whom 
