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that the plant so positively spoken of by Teesdale was nothing 
more than Ray’s figure 4, but presuming on his accuracy, and 
certainly being unable to refer the said figure to any known 
species of Trichomanes, we must of necessity regard Ray’s 
figure. as the authority for considering Trichomanes speciosum wi 
English plant. I have little doubt that the species called tun- 
hridgense by Bolton, Hudson and Teesdale, and described as 
common in Wales and the north of England, is the Wilsoni of 
modern nomenclature, while their pyxidiferum may be our tun- 
hridgense. I must, however, beg the reader, who is desirous of 
pursuing the subject, to consult Hudson’s specimen of this fern 
now in the British Museum, and a series of minute specimens 
in the Smithian herbarium now in possession of the Linnean 
Society. 
From this fruitless enquiry I turn to Ireland, where I have 
stood amid the roar of waters gazing on hundreds of the dark 
green fronds of this fern, as they waved to and fro in the agitated 
air, and sparkled with myriads of sun-lit drops. I am told that 
this scene is to be gazed on no more ; that all its beauties have 
been ruthlessly destroyed; and that Turk may become what 
Belbank is now, — the locality for a mere tradition. In Ireland, 
however, the plant is destined to exist ; its stations are too nu- 
merous for all of them to be destroyed, and my list — alas ! that 
it should be so — is curtailed by promises of secrecy which I was 
willing enough to make ; for when I see the devastation caused 
by directions I have formerly published, I cannot blame the spirit 
of concealment to which I allude. Notwithstanding such 
restrictions, it will, however, be seen that my list is tolerably 
comprehensive. 
Cork. — - Mr. R. Ball informs me that he found this fern in 
luxuriant profusion in Glen dine, near Youghal. It was found 
in 1841, by Mr. James A. Fisher, in Glenbour, Killeagh, also 
near the town of Youghal ; it was growing in a cave, and in 
considerable abundance, Mr. Fisher having supplied several 
botanists with whom I correspond ; but when he visited the 
cave during the subsequent year, he found that a fire had been 
kindled immediately under the spot where the fern was growing, 
and it has been by this means almost entirely destroyed. In 
