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On the rocks near the stream which runs into Glen Phee 
on the west side, Prof. Balfour. 
W. hyperborea , Br. Round-leaved Woodsia. H. 43 7, 
B. 384, N. 29. {Polypodium hyperboreum , Sw.) 
In small quantity above the station of Oxytropis campes- 
tris , Bradooney, Clova, 1831, Mr Brand. 
Aspidium, Sw. Shield-fern. 
Br. sj). and v. 14. F. 10. 
A. Lonchitis, Sw. Rough Alpine Shield-Fern. H. 438, 
B. 387, N. 43. ( Polystichum , Roth., Bab., Polypodium , 
L.) 
Shady clefts of rocks plentiful in Glen Dole, on Carlowie, 
and near Loch Brandy, &c., Clova. Canlochen Glen abun- 
dant. The fronds vary from two inches to two feet in height. 
A. lobatum, Sw. Close-leaved Prickly Shield-fern. H. 
438, B. 386, N. 37- ( Polystichum , Roth., Bab.) 
Not unfrequent, 'with var. (3. lonchitidoides , Hook., in shady 
dens, as those of Airlie, Glammis, Foulis, Pitairlie, &c. 
A. Oreopteris, Sw. Heath Shield-fern. H. 439, B. 385, 
N. 47. {Lastrcea, Presl., Bab.) 
Abundant on the Clova mountains, and the Sidlaw Hills, 
but in finest condition in lower woods, as those of Baldovan. 
A. Thelypteris, Sw. Marsh Shield-fern. H. 439, B. 
385, N. 45. ( Lastrcea , Presl., Bab.) 
Rescobie and Restenet, in marshes, not common. 
A. Filix-mas, Sw. Blunt Shield-fern. H. 440, B. 385, 
N. 50. ( Lastrcea , Presl., Bab.) 
Plentiful throughout the county, especially in woods and 
shady places, very variable in size and breadth of frond, as 
well as amount of fructification, some fronds having their in- 
ferior surface entirely covered with sori, while others have 
only a few scattered on the upper pinnee. 
A.spinulosum/Jilatatum, an&dumetorumoi Smith, (Hook. 
