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its occurrence have been reported. Thus it is said to have been 
found growing on rocks near Alnwick Castle, on the authority of 
specimens belonging to the late Mr. Brown. In the British Her- 
barium formerly in possession of the Botanical Society of London 
we have seen specimens, which were stated to have been gathered in 
1838, on rocks in Wharncliffe wood, Yorkshire, by Mr. Redhead ; 
and others from Cavehill, Belfast, communicated by Mr. Newnham. 
Mr. H. Shepherd, of Liverpool, has communicated specimens said to 
have been found at Matlock, Derbyshire. We have also been informed 
by Mr. D. Hutcheson, formerly gardener at Boxley Abbey, Kent, that 
he has himself gathered this species in 1842, on moist rocks near the 
sea, a short distance north-east of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, in 
a spot which has since been disturbed by the formation of the 
Aberdeen railway, so that in 1849 he was not successful in re-find- 
ing it. In 1845 the plant was found by Mr. Gibbs, gardener to 
the late D. Haigh, Esq., of Tooting, Surrey, on an old wall near 
the mansion, whenee we have original specimens. In 1852 the 
Rev. A. Bloxam recorded two new habitats; one in Wales, between 
Tan-y-Bwlch and Tremadoc, Merionethshire, where the plant had 
been gathered by Dr. Power; the other, Swanage Cave, Isle of 
Purbeck, where it had been found by Miss Power; the specimens 
from this Welsh habitat, in Dr. Power’s herbarium, were identified 
by Mr. Bloxam. Again, in 1852, the Rev. W. H. Hawker presented 
to the Linnean Society specimens from an old wall, near Petersfield, 
where, it appears, it had been observed for several years, growing in 
great luxuriance. In most of the foregoing mural stations except the 
last, the plant seems to have been at length destroyed, often by 
repairs; and as far as we know the few rupestral habitats have not 
recently afforded specimens. It is indeed, quite probable that the 
plant has been overlooked in its native haunts, and undoubtedly 
many localities where it might be expected to grow, have never 
been sufficiently examined. Of the foregoing records, the follow- 
ing is a summary: = 
Channel. Hampshire : near Petersfield, 1852, Rev. W. H. 
Hawker. Dorsetshire: Swanage Cave, near Tillavilly, Isle of 
Purbeck, 1852, Dr. Power. 

