ALPINE LADY FERN. 125 
rites as follows :—‘‘ Herewith I forward a sample of 
, certain fern, common in this district, and which 
msider is the Polypodium alpestre. I found it in 
ochen and also in Glens Prosen and Fiadh; and 
is commoner than Athyrium Filix-femina, ahd 
much in size, from four inches to three {feet in 
When large it has quite the appearance of 
um Filix-femina, and when small and in fructi- 
all the corries of the Dee-side mountains, 
of the neighbouring tiniainte: It was often 
femina had ceased and Alpestre was ~ 
