SEA SPLEENWORT. 187 
in the fissures of sea-cliffs, sometimes clothing the 
roofs of sea-caves with a drapery of green. It occurs 
sea-board ; one long interval, however, occurs in which 
it has not been seen, namely, on the east coast from 
Isle of Wight among masses of rock above the shore 
west of St. Catherine’s Point, beyond Knowle towards 
Blackgang. In Dorsetshire, on rocks in the Isle of 
Portland; in various places at Purbeck, and also near 
is. On the south coast of Done it 
feignmouth, Exmouth, Torquay, and other places; 
Rivetsiona, Daddy Hole, Mead Foot and Hope's 
aged all near Torquay, are particularly mentioned. 
Cornwall it occurs all round the coast: the finest 
English specimens I have seen are from St. Ives and 
Mousehole. On the north coast of Devonshire it is 
found at Ilfracombe: in Somersetshire, at Weston- 
super-Mare and Clevedon. In Glamorganshire it 
Occurs near Neath; also at the Mumbles Lighthouse; ° . 
