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Larne, W. H. P. Glynn, Glenarm Deerpark, Glendun, Glonariff, Carn- 
lough, Murlough Bay, and Binnagee, R. LI. P. 
Down. — Tollymore Park, W. Thompson. Rademon Demesne, Cultra, and 
Hillsborough, W. H. P. Rostrevor, Clandeboye Demesne, Craigauntlet, 
Carngaver, and Crawfordsburn, R. LI. P. 
Louth. — By the Two-Mile River on Garlingford Mountain ( lobatum form), 
R. LI. P. 
Armagh.— Near Tynan, W. H. P. On Ferry Hill, above Narrow Water, 
R. LI. P. 
Donegal. — By the River Erne opposite Cliff, and plentiful on Crockaughrim, 
H. 0. Hart. Mintiagh, Charles Moore. 
Tyrone. — Aughnacloy, G. H. Kinahan. Dungannon, W. H. P. 
Fermanagh. — Not uncommon on the hills, S. A. Stewart. Plentiful in the 
county, W. H. P. 
Monaghan. —Near Monaghan, W. H. P. 
Cavan. — Not uncommon on the hills of North Cavan, S. A. Stewart, 
furcans. At Tynan, Co. Armagh, and in Co. Fermanagh, W. H. P. 
gracile. Co. Fermanagh, W. H. P. 
The varieties lobatum and loncliitioides are of frequent occurrence, but we 
do not consider them very distinct. 
3. P. Alf CrVIiARS. Soft Shield Pern. 
Woods, glens, and hedgebanks. Plentiful. 
Essentially a lowland fern — excepting one isolated plant, we have never 
found it at over 500 feet. Our district is very rich in varieties of this 
species, which, on account of their complicated nature, we have found 
some difficulty in naming correctly. 
acutum. Glendevis, Co. Antrim, W. H. P. Cultra, Co. Down, R. LI. P. 
acutilobum. See proliferum. 
attenuato-interruptum. Glenarm, Co. Antrim, R. LI. P. 
attenuato-furcans. Cultra, Co. Down, R. LI. P. 
brachiatum. Kilroot, Co. Antrim, W. H. P. 
brachiato-cristatum. Castlecoole, Co. Fermanagh, W. H. P. 
brachiato-decompositum. Crow Glen, Co. Antrim, W. H. P. Stormont, 
and Dundonald ( Tripinnatum Praeger , Jones), Co. Down, R. LI. P. 
capitafum. Antrim Road and Springfield, Belfast, W. H. P. Holy wood, 
Co. Down, R. LI. P. 
capitatum (. Eamulosum , Stansfield). Glendevis, Co. Antrim, W. Gault, and 
later, W. H. P. and R. LI. P. Clandeboye, Co. Down ; and Strabane 
Glen, Co. Tyrone, W. H. P. Cultra, Dundonald, and Stormont, Co. Down; 
Castle Dobbs, Co. Antrim ; and Lough Sheelin, Co. Cavan, R. LI. P. 
coriaceum. Castlereagh, Co. Down ; and Springfield, Belfast, W. H. P. 
cristatum. Dalchoolin, Co. Down ; and Kilroot, Co. Antrim, W. H. P. 
