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A. Trichomanes , L. Common Spleenwort. H. 442, B. 
389, N. 80. 
In shady and rocky places from the coast to the mountains, 
frequent. It is abundant in mostly all our dens. 
A. viride , Huds. Green Spleenwort. II. 442, B. 389, 
N. 78. 
Crevices of moist rocks, plentiful on most of the Clova and 
Canlochen mountains, in dense tufts, the fronds from two to 
ten inches in height. 
A. marinum , L. Sea Spleenwort. II. 442, B. 389, N. 
75. 
Caves and crevices of rocks, sea-shore about Auchmithie. 
Bedhead, Messrs Croall and Kerr , Dysart, Mr A. Kerr. 
A. Rut a-mur aria, L. Wall-rue Spleenwort. H. 442, 
B. 388, N. 70. 
Not unfrequent on rocks and old buildings, as Hare Craigs, 
Lundie Craigs, Broughty Castle, old Steeple Dundee, &c. 
A. Adiantum-nigrum , L. Black-stalked Spleenwort. II. 
443, B. 388, N. 68. 
Frequent in rocky places; fronds from an inch to a 
foot high, sometimes forked, which is also the case with Cys- 
topteris , and other ferns. 
A. Filix-fcemina, Bernh. Lady Fern. H. 443, B. 388. 
N. 62. ( Athyrium , Both., Bab., Newm.) 
This very graceful species adorns many of our woods, banks 
of streams, shady dens, and rocky places among the Sidlaw 
Hills and Clova mountains. Scott most truthfully says, — 
“ Where the copse-wood is the greenest, 
Where the fountain glistens sheenest, 
Where the morning dew lies longest, 
There the lady fern grows strongest.’’ 
Scolopendrium, Sm. Hart s-tongue. 
Br.sp. 1. F. 1. 
S. vulyare , Sym. Common Hart’s-tongue. H. 443, B. 
