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LYCOPODIACEiE. 
British Isles. In England and Ireland it is entirely unknown : 
in Wales it appears to be confined to a single locality. 
Caernarvonshire. — It was first discovered on the side of 
Glyder mountain above Llyn-y-Cwn, by Llwyd and Ray ; the 
former of whom speaks of its occurring abundantly.* Dille- 
nius corroborates this statement, f and the habitat has been 
established by modern botanists : Messrs. Borrer, Janson, 
Woods, and W. Wilson, have seen the plant growing in the 
same spot, but all these gentlemen found it very sparingly ; 
and in 1839, when I diligently searched the mountain side, I 
could not find a single plant : therefore, although the observa- 
tion of Ray is most satisfactorily established, it is still doubtful 
whether the habitat is likely to be preserved. 
In Scotland it seems more abundant, although confined to a 
few districts : it grows at great elevations, and in wild and ex- 
posed situations. 
I am indebted to Dr. Balfour for fine specimens from Ben-na- 
Bourd, in Aberdeenshire ; to Dr. Greville and the Botanical 
Society of London for others from Lochnagar and the Clova 
mountains. Mr. Watson informs me he has seen it in the moun- 
tains of Aberdeenshire and Perthshire. Sir W. J. Hooker has 
observed it on the Cairngorum range. Mr. Stables, of Cawdor 
castle, informs me he found it in Rosshire. It has also occurred 
on Goat fell, in the Isle of Arran, Hay hill, Orkney, &c. “Pretty 
frequent between 500 and 850 yards on the mountains of Clova 
and the west of Aberdeenshire : I have never seen it above 900 
or below 400 yards : Glen Dole, Forfarshire, and mountains ad- 
jacent to Ben-na-Baird, Loch-na-gar, &c.” — Francis' Analysis, 
Although this species is of common occurrence in the North 
of Europe, particularly in the pine forests, its range appears very 
limited. It occurs in the British possessions in North America, 
* Copiosum obsevvavimus in monte Rhiwr Glyder, supra lacum Lhyn-y-cwn. 
— Syn. 108. 
f Ed. Llwyd primus in Arvonia observavit in monte Rhiwr Glyder, supra 
lacum Llyn-y-cwn prope ecclesiam S. Perisii, nec non in depressis ejusdem 
raontis Glyder qua rupem y Tryvan spectat, quo in loco ipse etiam copiose 
ante 14 annos vidi. — Hist. Muse. 455 
