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doubt the specimens examined by Professor G. J. Allman, and among 
which he found intermediate forms, fall under this category. The true 
plant was found by me abundantly, 1856, growing in clefts in the rock, 
and in dry stations generally; the plants generally single. 
Asplenium marinum {Linn.). Sea-side Spleenwort. 
General along sea-coast. Yalentia Island, inland, at an elevation of 
500 feet above sea, J. B. K., 1856. 
As common in the east as the west, in favourable localities. I never 
went anywhere that I did not find it on the cliffs. 
Asplenium trichomanes {Linn.). Maiden Hair Spleenwort. 
General. 
A local species, generally diffused; it is naturally a denizen of the 
clefts of bare rocks. 
Amesium ruta muraria {Linn. sp.). Wall Bue. 
General. 
Universally distributed, though, from the peculiarity of its growth, 
local; it attains its highest development on rocks, and also on shady 
walls, in some cases covering these to the total exclusion of every other 
kind of vegetation. 
Scolopendrium vulgare {Linn. sp.). Hart’s Tongue. 
General. 
This species occurs all over the island, but most irregularly; in 
some stations in immense profusion ; in others, seemingly as favourable 
to its growth, one or two stunted plants alone will occur. It is a cha¬ 
racteristic eastern species, as in the county of Dublin. 
Grammitis ceterach {Linn. sp.). Scaly Hart’s Tongue. 
Tyrone: near Cappagh. Galway: Gort, Burren. Clare: Tullagh. 
Kilkenny: road to Carrick. Tipperary : Lorrha, rare; Henagh, common. 
Limerick. Kerry : near Yalentia, rare. Waterford : Ardmore, on clay- 
slate, local. Dublin: Belgard to Saggart, abundant; Whitechurch, 
rare, (very local). Wicklow: Glendalongh, Enniskerry. Queen’s 
County, J. B. K. 
A local fern, much more abundant in the west than in the east; it 
is very characteristic of the former districts. 
Trichomanes radicans {Swartz). Killarney Eern. 
“Limerick: Cumailte Mountains, on authority of specimens in 
Glasnevin Gardens.” Kerry : Yalentia Island (this locality first noted 
by Miss H. Blackburue), apparently introduced; Killarney, Tore moun¬ 
tain, very abundant, 1856, J. B. K. Waterford: “ Glouin Caragh,” 
W. Andrews, Esq., q. v.; Yalley of Blackwater, 1852, J. B. K., very 
abundant. “ Cork:” vide “ Newman’s British Ferns.” “ Wicklow:” 
1805, auctore, “ Mackay’s Flora Hibernica.” 
I have been particular in noting the localities of this fern, as its 
