Xll CONTENTS.
THE BRITISH CLUB-MOSSES .
THE BRITISH PEPPERWORTS .
THE BRITISH HORSETAILS
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OE THE BRITISH EERNS, CLUB
MOSSES, PEPPERWORTS, AND HORSETAILS
APPENDIX . . . .
ADDITIONAL SYNONYMS .
INDEX .........................................
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POPULAR
HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS.
IN T RO D U C T IO N .
T h e r e are several causes wliich conduce to render the
native Ferns of Great Britain an attractive object of study.
Of these we will mention the following:—
1. They are for the most part objects of exquisite elegance,
and this is apparent, whether they are superficially
examined as to their external appearance, or whether they
are investigated anatomically, with the view to discover
and analyse their minute structure.
2. They are not very numerous, nor very inaccessible,
and consequently their study opens a field which even
those who have not much leisure may hope to compass,
and for which the greater part, at least, of the materials
may be obtained without much difficulty.
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