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current moisture, and grows well on the damp and 
shady sides of garden rock- work. 
HABITATS. 
Scafell, Wastdale, Borrowdale, Ennerdale, Keswick, 
Tindal Eell, Newbiggin Woods, Stockgill Force, 
Ambleside, Grasmere, Casterton Fell, Wallington, 
Coniston, and, excepting the limestone, generally 
distributed through the district. 
VARIETIES. 
interruptum, — Witherslack, J. M. Barnes. 
multijidum, — Burton, J. Jones. 
strictum, — Witherslack, J. M. Barnes. 
