THE BROAD PRICKLY-TOOTHED BUCKLER FERN. 299 
over the United Kingdom, occurring from the coast level, to an 
elevation of 3600 feet or upwards. It prefers shady situations, 
such as moist woods and glens, thickets, and sheltered hedge banks. 
The variety tanacetifolia is also abundant, and probably universally 
distributed throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The other 
varieties are rare, or local. "The species itself has been recorded 
from the following stations :一 
Peninsula.—Cornwall: Penryn, Œ. Dawson. Devonshire: Lyn- 
mouth; Torquay; Walkhampton; Hartland, Rev. J. M. Chanter ; 
Barnstaple, F. Mules; Linton ; Ilfracombe (various forms), Rev. J. 
M. Chanter; valley of the Erme, H. F. Dempster, ete. Somersetshire : 
Inglisheombe Wood, R. Withers ; Selworthy. 
Channel.—Hampshire. Isle of Wight: Newnham, near Ryde. 
Dorsetshire. Wiltshire: Spye Park ; Alderbury Common, Salisbury. 
Sussex: Tilgate Forest; Hastings; Tunbridge Wells; Eridge Rocks. 
Thames.—Hertfordshire : Hertford Heath; Broxbourne; Alden- 
ham; Hitchin, etc. Kent: Chislehurst (with a glandular form). 
Surrey: Barnes; Chertsey; Bagshot; Virginia Water, and other 
parts. Middlesex: Hampstead (with a glandular form). Essex: 
Epping. Oxfordshire; Chipping Norton, H. Buckley. 
Ouse.—Norfolk : Norwich ; between Lynn and Bawsey, Dr. 
Alichin. Cambridgeshire. Northamptonshire. 
= Bevern.— Warwickshire: Stoke Heath; Stinchall; Whitley, and 
other parts. Gloucestershire: Forest of Dean. Monmouthshire : 
Pen-y-garn and Trevddun, T. H. Thomas. Herefordshire: Howle 
Hill, Ross; Colwall. Worcestershire. Staffordshire : Wolver- 
hampton, Mrs. Rutter; near Stafford, Rev. R. C. Douglas. Shrop- 
shire: Titterstone Clee (with a glandular form) ; Sandford Heath ; 
Hawkestone ; Bomere ; Sutton Spa, and Shomere, near Shrewsbury ; ` 
Pimhill; Shawbury Heath, Rev. W. A. Leighton; Whitchurch, R. 
W. Rawson. 
'rent.—Leicestershire. Derbyshire: Cromford Moor, near Mat- 
lock. Lincolnshire. Nottinghamshire. 
Mersey.—Cheshire : Lindon Moss, near Mobberley ; Ashton Moss, 
H. Buckley. Lancashire: Risley Moss, near Warrington ; Clough, 
near Manchester ; and elsewhere on the hills. 

