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BRITISH FERNS. 
In Sub-order i there are no European representatives 
,, 2, Tribe i „ >, 
,, 2, ,, 4, this contains Si known Davallias, none British. 
,, 2, ,, 5, no European representatives. 
,, 2, ,, 6, out of 62 Adiantums only one is British. 
,, 2, ,, 7, none British. 
,, 2, ,, 8, out of 282 Aspleniums 11 are British. 
,, 2, ,, 9, Great Britain has one Scolopendrium. 
,, 2, ,, 10, out of 56 Aspidiums we have 3, and out of 224 
Nephrodiums we have only 6. 
,, 2, ,, II, Polypodium. There are 393 species, of which 
only 4 are British. 
,, 3, we have one Osmunda. 
,, 4, there are no representatives in Europe. 
,, 5, none in Europe. 
,, 6, Ophioglossum and Botrychium, there are 3 in the United 
Kingdom and 8 in Europe. 
THE FERNS OF EUROPE PROPER. 
(Natives of this country are distinguished thus * ). 
Onoclea Germanica, Willdenow. 
Woodsia glabella, Brown. 
,, Caucasica, J. Smith. 
* ,, Ilvensis, Brown. 
* ,, hyperborea, Brown. 
Dicksonia Culcita, L' Herilier. 
*IIymenophyllumTunbridgense,.S'#»'M. 
,, unilaterale, R. Brown. 
*Trichomanes radicans, Swartz. 
Davallia Canariensis, Smith. 
*Cystopteris fragilis, Bernhardi. 
, , alpina, Desvaux. 
,, Sudetica.,A.Br.& J Mitde. 
,, montana, Link. 
*Adiantum Capillus- Veneris, Linnaeus. 
,, Aithiopicum, Linnaeus. 
Cheilanthes fragrans, Webb & Berth. 
, , Hispanica, Mettenius. 
,, Szovitzii, Fisch dr 5 Meyer. 
*Cryptogramme crispa, R. Brown. 
Pteris longifolia, Linnaeus. 
,, Cretica, Linnaeus. 
,, arguta, Ait on. 
* ,, aquilina, Linnaeus. 
*Lomaria Spicant, Desvaux. 
Arctic Europe to Pyrenees. 
Lapland, S. Tyrol. 
Caucasus. 
England, Wales, and Scotland. 
England, Wales, and Scotland. 
Spain. 
England, Wales, and Scotland. 
England, Scotland, and Ireland. 
Norway. 
Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. 
Spain and Portugal. 
United Kingdom. 
England, and from Sweden to Spain. 
Silesia, Moravia, and Carpathians. 
Scotland, Scandinavia, and Central 
Europe. 
England, Wales, Ireland, & warmer 
parts of Europe. 
Spain. 
Switzerland and Southern Europe. 
Portugal and Spain. 
Italy and Dalmatia. 
England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, 
Lapland. 
Spain, Dalmatica, Sicily. 
Switzerland, Italy, Crete, Corsica. 
Portugal. 
England, and throughout Europe. 
United Kingdom, and throughout 
Europe. 
