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fluent. In Irish specimens the clusters of seeds are 
oe Semen towards the tip of the frond, but they 
also scattered throughout the other parts, even to 
whereas in the Scotch, Welch, and particu- 
English specimens, the masses are confined 
»” “subalpine woods,” “ moist woods,” ‘ shady 
and so forth, seem to throw a doubt of the 
of the name, since in Great Britain and . 
we generally find the Holly Fern in the most 
exposed and barren mountain regions. In 
re; ; in the former county the only locality is Falcon 
ts, ten miles west of Middleton; in the latter it 
3 on Attermire Scar, on Ingleborough, and near 
o neehaetran these are 
‘erry, and Ben Bulben, in Sligo. 
