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A history of British ferns / By Edward Newman, F.L.S.

  • Edward Newman
Date:
1840
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A history of British ferns / By Edward Newman, F.L.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TRICHOMANES SPECIOSUM.— Willdenow. T'richomanes brevisetwm.— Brown, Smith, Gray, Francis, &c. L'richomanes pyxidiferum.—Berkenhout, (?) Hudson. (?) Trichomanes alatum.— Withering. LOCALITIES. ENGLAND. WALES. } Unknown. ScoTLAND. IRELAND .. County Wicklow, Hermitage Glen, and Powerscourt Waterfall, in both instances very sparingly: at neither of these localities has more than a single plant been discovered, and fronds of these I have never seen. I report the localities on the authority of Mr. Mackay. County Cork, at Glendine, near Youghal, in luxuriant profusion; county Kerry, at Turk Waterfall, near Turk Lake, Killarney, also in profusion. RPP ALO Tus is one of the most interesting and most local of our British Ferns. I have introduced two localities recorded by Mackay, but I have never seen a single frond from either of