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This species, unlike the last, is generally diffused and most abundant 
commonly; the county of Tyrone, at its northern extremity, is an excep¬ 
tion. I could only find one plant near Omagh and at Aughnacloy; though 
the plant occurs, it is far, very far, from common or abundant; in fact, 
it appears to me to be less abundant in the north than in the east, where 
it is one of the most characteristic ferns. In west or south I have not 
thought it necessary to multiply localities. 
Lastrea montana { Yogler sp.). Mountain Fern. 
Tyrone: GortinGap, sparingly, 1857. Galway. Clare: Keakle, very 
abundant. Kerry: Killarney, scarce. Waterford: Clonmel, scarce. 
Dublin : Dodder Valley, local. Wicklow : Lough Breagh and Glenda- 
lough, J. B. K. 
This fern is very local, hut, for the most part, abundant where it 
occurs. It cannot, however, he called the common fern of any of the 
districts recorded except Clare; it is the inhabitant in that country of 
wild mountain sides, near Lough Graney. The deciduous growth of its 
fronds has, doubtless, caused it to he often overlooked. It appears to he 
commonest in the west. 
Lophodium Fcenisecii {Lowe sp.). Bree’s Kern. 
Tyrone: Omagh, common. Monaghan: common. Galway: very 
common. Clare : abundant, hut local. Tipperary: rare. Kerry: very 
common. Kilkenny: Piltown, common. Waterford: Curraghmore, 
very common. Dublin : extremely rare. Wicklow: Glendalough, very 
abundant; Sugarloaf, rare, J. B. K. 
This well-marked species, as will be seen from the above list, is one 
of the most commonly diffused ferns in Ireland, being in fact a most 
characteristic plant of the west and south. On the other hand, in Dublin, 
and the counties more immediately adjacent thereto on the north-east, 
it is extremely rare. I know of hut two localities in which it occurs in 
Dublin—Ilowth, and Glasavullawn, in the Dodder Valley. 
Lophodium multiflorum {Roth sp.). Both’s Kern. 
Generally diffused and abundant. It is one of the characteristic ferns 
of the east and north-east; especially in the hogs, replacing Bree’s fern 
of the west. 
Lophodium spinosum (Roth sp.). Withering’s Kern. 
“Monaghan: Dartrey, Bev. Mr. Lovatt Darbey; auct., Newman’s 
British Kerns.” Tipperary: hog drains, Annagh Inch, near Birr. Wa¬ 
terford : Curraghmore, Portlaw, 1858, J. B. K. | : I believe I also got this 
species near Cahirciveen, county of Kerry, 1856, J. B. K. 
This species is certainly not common in Ireland. In the stations at 
Tipperary and Waterford it grows luxuriantly, hut confined to a few 
stations. 
Dry opt er is affinis {Fischer sp.). Kischer’s Kern. 
General, and generally diffused, and always distinct from the next. 
