THE LANCEOLATE SPLEENWORT. 71 
Severn.—Gloucestershire: River Frome, near Frenchay, T. H. 
Thomas; Beechly, E. Lees; Oldbury Court Woods, and Pennant 
Rocks, near Stapleton, G. H. K. Thwaites. ? Shropshire: Hagmon 
Hill, A. Ackin. 
Humber.—? Yorkshire: the plant from Wharfe, referred to by 
Bolton, is according to his figure A. Adiantum-nigrum. 
S. Wales.=Pembrokeshire : Ramsay Island, E. Lees. Glamor- 
ganshire. j 
N. Wales—Merionethshire : about Barmouth; between Barmouth 
and Dolgelly, E. Newman. Carnarvonshire; rocks above Tremadoc, 
E. T. Bennett ; Careg-y-Ymbil in Pwllheli Harbour, E. T. Bennett; 
Beddgelert ; about Aberglaslyn. Denbighshire: near Llanwrst, W. 
Wilson. 
Munster.—Cork: Kinsale, J. Woods. 
Channel Isles.—Guernsey. Jersey, more abundant on the western 
than the eastern side, N. B. Ward. Sark, Miss C. E. Nixon. 
Asplenium lanceolatum occurs in the islands of Madeira and the 
Azores, and on the African coast at Algiers and Tangiers. In 
Europe it is found in Spain, Portugal, Western Germany, Belgium, 
Switzerland, and in France at Fontainbleau, Bourdeaux, Cevennes, 
and in Brittany, whence it crosses over to the British shores. It is 
consequently an Atlantic species. 
This is a very ornamental species, and potted in well drained 
compost, consisting of a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, and sub- 
jected to the shelter of a shady frame or greenhouse where it is not 
kept excessively moist, it is one of the most manageable of the 
smaller evergreen species, and is always fresh and vigorous. A close 
Wardian case is said, however, to be inimical to it. It is not suited 
for rock work, or for exposed situations, except near the coast, as it 
requires a mild climate. The plant is increased in the ordinary way, 
by careful division. 
There are but few varieties of this species at present known, and 
this small amount of variation may result from the limited area 
over which the species is distributed. There are one or two foreign 

