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HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS. 
The var. paleacea seems very common in Scotland. We have 
observed it at Tarbet, Dumbartonshire, with a remarkable vari¬ 
ation ; Polmont, Stirlingshire; and in several parts of Argyle- 
shire and Perthshire. Mr. Backhouse finds it in the Clova moun¬ 
tains, Forfarshire, and also in the English counties of Durham 
and York ; and Miss Beever at Ambleside, in Westmoreland. 
We have seen it from Torquay and elsewhere in Devonshire; 
Hastings and other parts of Sussex, Dr. Allchin ; Tunbridge 
Wells and other parts of Kent, G. B. Wollaston ; Chobham and 
other parts of Surrey. Mr. Newman adds the counties of Wor¬ 
cester, Hereford, and Salop. In Wales it seems also plentiful ; 
Mr. Hankey has sent it to us from Dolgelly, at the base of Cader 
Idris, in Merionethshire; Mr. T. Prichard , from Ruthin, in 
Denbighshire; Mr. Newman records it as occurring in profu¬ 
sion at Hafod, Cardiganshire; and it is, no doubt, widely dis¬ 
persed both in North and South Wales. In Ireland Dr. Allchin 
informs us that he found it very abundant; and he has preserved 
specimens from near Dingle and Cahir Conree. Mr. C. Jackson 
sends it from Guernsey, as well as a multifid form of it; and it 
occurs in Jersey. A remarkable narrow elongate lanceolate form 
of it (var. Pinderi) was found near Elter Water, by the Rev. G. 
Pinder. 
The var. abbreviata (including pumilai). —Teesdale, Durham, 
Mr. Backhouse ; Ingleborough, Yorkshire, Rev. G. Pinder ; Co- 
nistone, Lancashire, Miss Beever; Westmoreland, G. B. Wol¬ 
laston: Cumberland, Rev. G. Pinderj Wyck, Gloucestershire 
