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ASPLENIACE^. 
Tournefort’s ‘ Institutiones Rei Herbariae ; ’ it is also noticed in 
Dillenius’ edition of Ray’s ‘ Synopsis,’ and by Smith, in the 
‘ English Flora,’ where it constitutes the variety of Asplenium 
Trichomanes. The variety y. of Smith, to which that author 
quotes Sir Robert Sibbald’s description, appears to have little 
resemblance to the variety, or even species in question, if I 
may venture to judge from Sibbald’s plate 3, figure 4, to which 
Smith refers; but as to the correctness of the reference, I am 
unable to speak, for Sibbald himself has, in no way that I can 
discover, connected the text and figure. 
Mr. Gibson’s plant was gathered at Kant- dough, four miles 
from Burnley, in Lancashire : it was originally discovered there 
in 1832, and some plants taken up at that date and planted in a 
garden at Halifax, have been found to retain their remarkable 
character in cultivation. A very similar variety has been found 
in Devonshire by the Rev. W. S. Here, who has kindly sent me 
a specimen. 
