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counties to tho extreme north, stretching east to Norfolk and
west to Somersetshire. In Wales it is found both in tbe northern
and southern divisions. Tbe only Scottish county in which there is
certain information of its occurrence is Forfarshire; and tbe recorded
habitats in Ireland are few, though embracing all the provinces of
that kingdom. I t ranges from tbe coast level to an elevation
of about 600 feet or upwards. Tbe records of its distribution are
tbe folloYving:—
Peninsula.—Devonshire. Somersetshire : Turf Moor, noar Bridgewater,
very abundant, T. Clark; Burtle Moor, B . Withers.
Channel.—Hampshire : Portsea; Winchester. Isle of W ig h t:
IVest Medina; Wilderness; Freshwater Gate; Cridmore, etc.
Sussex: Tunbridge WoUs; Albourne; Amberley, W. Porrer;
lYaterdoivn Forest, W. Pamplin; Ore, near Hastings.
Thames.—K e n t: North Cray ; Bexley, P . S im ; Ham Ponds,
near Sandvdoh. Surrey; Leith H ill; Hurtmore, near Godalming ;
Wimbledon Common; Pirbrigbt. Berkshire : Windsor Park and
Sunningbill Wells, J . Peris. Essex: Epping; Little Baddow.
Ouse.—Suffolk : Belton ; Bungay; Lound ; Hipton ; Bradwell
Common. Norfolk: Horning Marshes; St. Faith’s, Newton ; Upton
F en ; Filby Broad; Holt Lows, iie». W. II. Girdlestone; Edgefield;
Scaring F e n ; Felthorpe F e n ;W ro x b am ; Derebam; Ormsby
Broad; near Yarmouth ; Jjodion, Pev. J . J . Smith; about Norwich,
liev. W. S. Ilore. Cambridgeshire : Wicken Fen, Rev. W. H.
Girdlestone; Wbittlesea F en ; Teversbam Moors; Gamlingay;
Fulbourne. Bedfordshire: Potton Marshes. Huntingdonshire.
Severn.—^Warwickshire : Bog near Allesley, Rev. W. T. Pree,
W. G. Perny. Herefordshire. Staffordshire. Shropshire: Whitchurch,
P. W. Raicson; Berrington Pool, T. Wesfcombe.
Trent.—Nottinghamshire ; Oxton Bog ; Bulwell Bog. ? Leicestershire.
Mersey.—Cheshire; Knutsford Moor; Newcburcb Bog, near
Over, W. Wilson ; Eostberne Moor ; Wybunbury B o g ; Harnioroft
Wood, near Wernitb.
Humber.—Yorkshire: Pottery Car, Doncaster; Askham Bog;
Terrington Car; Buttercrambe; Heslington, near York; Settle,
J . Tatham; Scarborough.
Tyne.—Northumberland : Learmouth Bogs, Mr. Winch.
ifl/ces.—Cumberland: Keswick; Hlleswater; Glenooin; Irton
Woods, J . Robson; Blowike. Westmoreland : Hammersham Bog.
S. Fafes.—Glamorganshire: Singleton Bog ; Sketty Bogs, Cwm-
bola. Pembrokeshire : Pennalle Bog, Tenby, Rev. W. A . Leighton.
N . IFaJes.—Anglesea: Llwydiard Lake, Pentreatb, Beaumaris.
Carnarvonshire: near Llanheris.
E. Highlands.— : Eescobie; Kestenet.
N . Isles.—Shetland.
Ulster.— Antrim : Portmore Park, by Lough Neagh. Galway:
Boggy wood at Portumna Castle, D. Moore.
Connaught.—Mayo: Near Lough Carra, J . Ball.
Leinster.—Wicklow; Marshes at Glenoree, Br. Maekay.
Munster.—K e rry : Marshes near Mucrus, Killarney, Dr. Maekay.
This Fern extends throughout Europe, boing found in the Scandinavian
kingdoms, in Eussia, in Holland, Belgium, France, Great
Britain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia.
I t ooours in North Africa, at Algiers ; and a variety, differing only in
having a scaly raohis, the A . squamulosum, of Kaulfuss, is found at
the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, and in New Zealand. The
species is recorded as occurring in the Caucasus, and is found among
the Altaic ranges of Eussian Asia, in Soongaria, and in India in
Kashmir. An alHed plant of large size, which we regard as only
a gigantic variety of this species, has been gathered in Sikkim, by
Dr. Hooker. The plant seems to be not unfrequent throughout
North America, extending south to New Orleans and Florida; often,
however, confused with the sufficiently distinct Lastrea noveboracensis,
the Nephrodium thelypteroides of Michaux.