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Imliisium none, but the margins of tho pinnulots, somewhat pallid
but not altered in texture, aro incurved over tho sori. Spare-cases
small, olliptio-obovato, staUccd. Sqjorcs smooth, roundish, oblong,
or bluntly triangular.
Duration. Tho caudex is perennial; tho fronds aro annual,
springing up in May and Juno, and perishing iu the course of tho
autumn.
Tho Mountain Parsley Fern is readily known hy its dwarf tufted
parsloy-liko appearance, coupled ivith tho dissimilarity between its
much-dimdod sterile and fertile fronds, of which tho former have
the segments broad, flat, and loaf-likc, and the latter have them
iuvoluto at the margin, so th a t they booomo contracted and some-.
what pod-likc or siliculiform. Those features distinguish it from
all others of our nativo Ferns.
This Forn is met m th rather plentifully, though locally, on tho
mountains of Scotland and those of tho northern parts of England,
and ooours sparingly in a few scattered stations, in Devonshire, and
tho districts of the Mersey, tho Trent, and tho Severn. In Wales
it ooours, though not abundantly, in several counties in tho north,
including the Snowdon district; in South Wales it is moro rare. In
Ireland it is also rare, hoing recorded only from three or four
counties. I t is a mountain plant, preferring rooky situations, and
delighting to grow among boulders and loose stones, or on stone
walls, where it is protected from excess of moisture. Mr. Watson
calls it rupcstral and pasoual in its habits. I t ooours noarly at the
sea level in tho moors of Lancashire, and in North Wales descends
to about 460 fe e t; while in tho West Highlands it ascends to an
elevation of upwards of 3000 foot— 1150 yards according to Mr.
Watson. The following aro the recorded habitats;—
Fcninsula.—Dcvoiisbire : Exmoor near Cballaoombo, N . Ward.
Somersetshire : Simmonsbath. Those descriptions perhaps refer to
one locality.
Shropshire: Titterstone Clee Hill. Worcestershire:
Herefordshire Deacon, Malvorn Hills. ? Staffordshire : Stowe.
r,,„ ¿ ._D e rb y sh iro : Fairfield; Chinley Hill, near Chapel-en-
le-Frith. P Rutland. .
J/m c y .-C h o sh ire : T a g ’ s N e s s near Macclesfield. Lancashrre:
Lancaster; Cliviger near Todmorden; T h c v c l y near Burnley; lo -
edgo near Bury. ,
//« » fe r.-Y o rk sh irc : Settle ; PoiihiU ; Saddleworth; Fouiitam s
FeU; Haworth near Halifax ;Weusleydale; Croukloy Scar; Ingleborough,
etc.
yyne.—Durham: Falcon Clints, Tcosdale; Cocken ; I \ aUs near
Cronldoy Fell. Northumberland : Cheviots above Langley Ford ;
Crag Lake; Ilaltwbistlo.
ifl/rcs.-Westmorcland: Ambleside; Casterton;^ Old Hutton
Kendal; Morland; and elsewhere on the hill-sides, abundan.
Cumberland: Borrowdale; Ennerdale; Derwentwater ; Win atta,
W. Christy; Grassmere ; Keswick ; Skiddaw ; Scauffoll; Ilolvellyn ;
Saddleback ; Martindale near Wigton, W. G. Johnstone, etc.
N. Lancashire ; Conistone. Isle of Man, Dr. Allchvi. ^
S. TF«/cs.—Glamorganshire : Abordare. Cardiganshire.
M TT«fcs.—DcnbighsHro : Cerig-y-Druidion; Ruthin, T. I n -
ehard. Merionethshire : Dolgolly ; Cadcr Idris. Montgomeryshire:
BrciddiuHlls. Carnarvoushire; Civm-Idwal; Clogwym-du-liaiddu,
Snowdon; Glyder Y aw r; Mjmidd-Mawr; Llanhaha, W. Pamphn;
Llanheris; Abcr; and elsewhere.
W. Lowfo«A.—Dumfriesshire: Dumfries; Ja rd in cH a ll; George
Town; Qucensborry h i l l ; Rae hiU ; hiUs above Loch Skew; Morton
hills ; Moffat-dalo, F. Gray. Kirkcndbrightshiro : Sandy lulls
a n d Douglass hall, Colvond; Carsothorne, P . Gray; Cnffel. Ayi-
shiro : Cuff-hiU and Beith. Ronfrewshiro : Neilston Pad, W. L.
E. ioR’fonA.—Roxburghshire : Eildoii hills ; A iiiohope, TT' . Scott.
Berwickshire : south bank of the lYbitcaddcr. Edinbmj ishu-e
E. JPy /ifo « * .-Fifcsliiro : lYcst Lomond I I i l l ; Salmo lIiU.
Pertbshiro: Summit of Ben Lodi, Mrs. Macleod; Lawors,
Killin; Dunkeld, A. Pml; Glen Tilt; Blair Athol, etc. Forfai-
shiro: Sidlaw hills, G. Lawson; Glen Isla, W. Brand; C o .a
mountains. Ahordeenshiro: Glon Callater, W.Chrwfy; Carilotoii,
Loch-na-gar, II. M. Balfour. Iiiveniess-shire: Kingussie, A.
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