FIJME-LEA VED GYMNOGRAMMA. 
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island of Jersey, it is now included in the British 
Flora, although there are but few localities where it is 
found in Great Britain. It is a native of the South of 
Europe and of the Atlantic Islands. A correspondent 
of ours says that it has lately been seen in Devon¬ 
shire. A diligent search for it in warm sheltered 
places in our southern counties would, doubtless, 
repay a collector by its discovery. It is found in a 
light loamy soil, among mosses and Marchantia, near 
springs, and on shady banks. In the island of Jersey 
it is widely distributed, the principal localities being 
near St. Haule, St. Aubin’s, and several places near 
St. Lawrence. In one spot, near the last-named 
place, it grows plentifully for a considerable distance 
along a hedgebank, extending as far as the bank is 
exposed, but ceasing exactly where the lane is shaded 
with trees. 
Mons. Piquet, of St. Helier’s, kindly forwarded to 
us a specimen of this fern taken from a bank with a 
south-western aspect near that place, not densely 
shaded by trees, but protected from the direct rays 
of the sun by dwarf vegetation. 
The soil used for this fern should be a light sandy 
loam. It requires constant moisture, and does well in 
a closed case. Marchantia and mosses should be 
allowed to grow freely around it. It is strictly an 
annual fern, and springs up without further trouble 
after being once established. 
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