"'Asplenon' sunt qui _hemionion_ vocant foliis trientalibus multis,
radice limosa, cavernosa, sicut filicis, candida, hirsuta: nec caulem,
nec florem, nec semen habet. Nascitur in petris parietibusque opacis,
humidis."

According to Hardouin's note, p. 3777., it is the _Ceterach_ of the shops,
or rather _Citrach_; a great favourite of the mules, [Greek: hêmionoi],
witness Theophrastus, _Hist._, ix. 19.

Ray found it "on the walls about Bristol, and the stones at St. Vincent's
rock." He calls it "Spleenwort" and "Miltwaste." _Catalog. Plant._ p. 31.
Lond. 1677.

I have a copy of Henri du Puy's "original" _Comus_, but do not recollect
his noticing the plant.

G.M.

Guernsey.

_Byron's Birthplace._--Can any of your correspondents give any information
relative to the house in which Lord Byron was born? His biographers state
that it was in Holles Street, but do not mention the number.

C.B.W.

Edgbaston.

[Our correspondent will find, on referring to Mr. Cunningham's
_Handbook of London_, that "Byron was born at No. 24. Holles Street,