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Class III. — CRYPTOGAME^E. 
FILICES. 
Pteris (Roth.). Bracken. 
P. aquilina ( L .). Fig. 767. Bracken or Brake Fern. Native. 
P. VII. 
Woods and heathy places. Common. 
Lo maria (Willd.). Hard Fern. 
L. Spicant (Desv.). Fig. 768. Northern Hard Fern. Native. 
P. VII. 
(Blechnum boveale (Sw.).) 
Woods and heathy places. Occasional. 
L. Simmonswood ; Dungeon ; Kirkby. 
C. Eastham ; Bidston. Woods at Raby Mere; Barnston 
Dale ; by Chester Road, E. of Neston (Dr. g.). 
Asplenium (L.). Spleenwort. 
A. Adiantum=n!grum (L.). Fig. 769. Black-stalked Spleenwort. 
Native. P. VI-IX. 
Rocks and walls. Occasional. 
L. Kirkby (H.). Old wall near Sefton Church ; New Hut, 
Hale ; Old stone wall behind Billinge Beacon ; Tawd Bridge, 
Lathom (D.). 
C. About Eastham (H.). About Rock Ferry; Old wall 
about ioo yards beyond Bidston Church (D.). Woodhouses 
and Overton (j.f.r.). Lane at Higher Tranmere (h.s.f.). 
Near Backford (Lord de t.; f.m.w.). 1899, Spital Lane, just 
above Raby Mere (mus w.). 
Note. — A lmost extinct from the above stations. 
A. marinum (L.). Fig. 770. Sea Spleenwort. Native. P. VI-X. 
Maritime rocks. Rare. 
L. Dingle rocks (H.). Seen as recently as 1895 (w.p.t.), 
(?) extinct. 
C. Hilbre (H.), there in 1901. Bromborough Pool ; West 
Kirby; Runcorn (D.). Woodhouses, very sparingly (j.f.r.). 
1900, “ Cheshire side of the River Mersey” (w.p.t.). 
