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* Asplenium Kuta-muraria, 180. On an old wall bounding the “ Dark 
Alley,” near the Cathedral. Also on walls at Martley and 
other places. 
A. viride, 179. Found by the late Mr. T. B. Stretch growing on 
Ham Bridge, near Clifton. It is, however, eradicated, for 
some improver has plastered a coat of whitewash over every 
part of the bridge. This the first notice of the habitat. The 
fern was not eradicated at the time supposed. It teas seen by Mr. 
Edward Newman in 1813 Pliytologist,” Vol. I.,p. 671), and I 
possess a specimen gathered by myself from the same spot, on the 
31st August, 1844. Mr. Lees tells us in his “ Botany of Worcester¬ 
shire,” p. 87, that the Herbarium of the late Mr. T. B. Stretch, of 
Worcester, passed through his hands in the year 1827, and that he 
observed in it a specimen of Asplenium viride, “ with the habitat 
of Ham Bridge;” also that it disappeared in 1853 in consequence 
of a renovation of the structure, and that the late Mr. Haywood, 
seedsman and florist of Worcester, seeing the fern prostrate in the 
road, carried it home and planted it in his fernery at Wick. 
A. Adiantum-nigrum, 180. On the rocks of the Malvern Hills, 
abundantly though small. In shady lanes on the west side of 
Worcester, and at Kempsey growing very luxuriantly. With 
variegated fronds on Rosebury Rock. 
* Aspidium ( Athyrium) Filix-foemina, 179. In abundance round the 
springs of the Malvern Hills, especially in the glens at the 
base. St. Catherine’s Well, Sapey. 
A. irriguum, 179 (a form of the last). In the bog at the base of the 
Worcestershire Beacon, Malvern. 
* Scolopendrium Ceterach ( Geterach officinarum), 180. Rare in this 
county. On Malvern Abbey Church. Walls at Badsey. 
* S. vulgare, 180. Not uncommon in moist places. 
* Cystea ( Gystopteris) fragilis, 179. In the neighbourhood of Broms- 
grove. Mr. Maund. 
This is probably the same habitat as that recorded 
by Miss Read, in Withering, 3rd Edit., 1796, 
p. 779. 
* Aspidium aculeatum, 179. Very abundant in the stony laues about 
Suckley. 
A. lobatum, 179. Growing magnificently in the shady dingles by 
the Spout Brook at Eastham. 
A. angulare, 179. In the woods at Suckley and Leigh Sinton. 
* A. spinulosum, 179. About Bromsgrove Lickey. Also at Black- 
stone Rock. 
* A. dilatatum, 179. Abundant on the declivities of the Malvern 
Hills, and among moist thickets in the valleys below. Also at 
the base of Bromsgrove Lickey, and on Blackstone Rocks. 
* A. Oreopteris, 179. At the western base of the Worcestershire 
Beacon, Malvern. Messrs. Walcot and Lees. 
Polypodium Dryopteris, 179. In considerable plenty among the 
loose stones occupying the glen between the North and End 
Hills, Malvern ; pointed out by Mr. Salisbury. 
