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attention, and a closer examination readily enabled 
me to determine its species. The few specimens 
I observed were remarkably luxuriant, so much so, 
indeed, that I counted upwards of thirty fronds growing 
on a single root. There appeared to be no possibility 
of the plants having been introduced. This Asplenium 
is most nearly allied to Ruta-muraria, from which, 
and from other species of the genus, it is distinguished 
by its alternately pinnate frond, narrow, wedge-shaped 
= pinnules, and entire involucre. Some regard Asple- 
_hium germanicum as a variety of Ruta-muraria; but, 
: as the latter does not occur at Kyloe Crags, or in 
: __ their vicinity, the supposition is by no means probable. 
. Septentrionale still exists in considerable abundance 
on the high and exposed portions of the Crag, as well 
3 among the débris.” 2nd. In Cumberland. The first 
. record of the occurrence of Germanicum in England 
is by Mr. H. E. Smith, in a note addressed to myself. 
“ Asplenium germanicum,” says Mr. Smith, ‘has been 
noticed in this neighbourhood, and, as far as I am 
aware; this is the first recorded English locality. It 
was found in the summer of 1846, by William Greaves 
and Joseph Flintoft, the latter of whom executed the 
_ famous model of the Lake District; it was growing in 
_ the cleft of a rock in the wilds of Borrowdale.” In 
September, 1852, Miss Wright rediscovered this fern, 
_ I believe, in the same station, and obligingly sent me 
& specimen, accompanied by the following note :—I 
