Trichomanes.] 
FERNS. 
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push this from Hymenopliyllum Tunbridgensc, with which it was confounded, 
until shown to be distinct by that accurate botanist, Mr. W. Wilson. 
Sit. — On moist alpine rocks, near waterfalls, &e. 
Had. — Waterfall above Ambleside, Westmoreland, Mr. J. Bowerbank. 
Black Rocks of the Great End, in the Scawfell range, and at Scale Force, 
near Buttermere, Cumberland (1833), Mr. H. Watson. Greenfield, near 
Saddleworth. — Wal. : On Snowdon, near Llanberris Pass, and on the adja- 
cent Mountains, especially near Twll Du, Mr. W. Wilson. Rocks of Nant 
Phraneon, in situations from 200 to 650 yards of elevation, Mr. H. Watson . — 
Sco. ■ Finlarig Burn, near Killin, Perthshire, Mr. Wilson. Argyleshire, Mr. 
J. Hooker . — Ire. : At Killamcy (very plentiful), Mr. Wilson. Shanafolia 
Mountain, Mr. Babington. Kerry mountains, Cuunemara, &c., Mr. Mackay. 
TRICHOMANES, Linn. BRISTLE-FERN. 
(fyi, a hair, and ( uavo;, loose or long, from the long, free hairs which 
terminate the receptacles.) 
PLATE OF GENERA, FIG. II. 
All the species of this beautiful genus, amounting to 46 in number, are very 
cellular and tender, their fruit attached to the midrib of a lobe, as in the last 
genus, but here the receptacle is one-valved , and the midrib not terminated by the 
thecce and confined within the receptacle, but projecting much beyond it, and 
like a hair in appearance. We have but one species, and that very rare. 
TRICHOMANES BREVISETUM. 
SHORT-STILED BRISTLE-FERN. CUP GOLDILOCKS. 
(Plate 4, fig. 6.) 
Cha. — Frond thrice pinnatifid. Lobes linear, entire. Rachis 
winged. Receptacles urceolate. 
Syn. — Trichomanes brevisetum, Hort. Kew., Hook, in B. FI. , Smith in 
E. FI., Mack. — Trichomanes alatum, Hook, in Flo. Lon. N. S., Sivz., 
(Not of Willd.) — Trichomanes Pyxidiferum, Huds., Bolt., With., Hull. 
Hymenopliyllum alatum, Smith in E. B., Willd. — Hymenophyllum 
Tunbridgense /3, Smith in FI. Br. 
Fig. — E. B. 1417. — Ray. Syn. t. 3, /. 3. — Bolt. 30. — Flo. Lon. 53. 
Des. — Root very thick, black, and densely hairy. Rachis smooth 
and winged all the way down. Frond pellucid, membranous, 
dichotomously branched in all its parts, 6 to 12 inches high, dark 
green. Pinnae alternate, 12 or 14 pair, vertical, much cleft, lobes 
ultimately linear, but every where running much into each other, 
their veins conspicuous, prominent, and beautifully branched. 
Receptacles pitcher-shaped, taking the place of lobes, but not con- 
fined to those nearest the main stem, as in the last genus. 
Hab. — Near Killarney, in several situations, Mr. W. Wilson. Hermitage 
in the county of Wicklow, Mr. Nuttall. Powerscourt Waterfall, Mr. Mackay. 
Once found in Ballinhasy Glen, near Cork, by Mr. J. Drummond . 
Gf.o. — St. Domingo, Jamaica, the Caribees, Madeira, &e. 
