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FERNS. 
[Equisetum. 
that it is said the whole of its vegetable matter may be removed without 
destroying the shape of the plant. Every part of it is a very beautiful object 
under the microscope. 
Sit. — In woods and boggy places; rather rare, particularly in the South. 
Hab. — Eng.: Hawthorn Dean, Durham, Mr. T. H. Cooper. Scotswood 
Dean, near Newcastle, Mr. Bowman. Near Over, Cheshire, Mr. W. Wilson. 
Common near Halifax, Mr. R. Leyland. South Kent, Rev. G. E. Smith. In 
a dell at Bitterley, below' the Clee Hills, Salop. Forge valley, near Scarboro’, 
Yorkshire ; In a small stream at the bottom of Grace Dieu Wood, Cham- 
wood Forest, Leicestershire, Rev. A. Bloxam. — Wal. : Near Wrexham, Mr. 
J. E. Bowman. — Sco. : Edinburgh, in the stream just below Roslyn Castle, 
Mr. H. C. Watson. On the Tees, Mr. J. Hogg. Moray and Rosshire, Rev. 
G. Gordon. Wood at Covra Linn, Lanarks, Mr. C. C. Babington. — Ire. : 
Tyrone, Mr. Skuttleworth. Wood at Leilip Castle, near Dublin. Powers- 
court, and around Dublin, Mr. Mack ay. 
Geo. — All Germany, Holland, and Switzerland. From Canada to Virginia, 
and in Asia. 
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