
 
        
         
		LIST  OF  ABBRÜVIAT10RS. 
 L IS T   O P   A B B R E V IA T IO IS rS   O P   W O R D S   O P   P R E Q D E N T   
 O C C U R R E N C E   IN   T H E   F O L L O W IN G   PA G E S . 
 BOTANICAL  TERMS. 
 Glwci. =  caudex,  from  whicli arises the  frond or i  
 iSi. =stipes,  or stipites, which support the frond. 
 Fr. — irond,  or fronds. 
 =  pinnule,  or pinnules. 
 =  involucre,  by many botanists called indusium. 
 Recent. =  receptacle, that which  bears the sori  or  capsules ; prominent in most CyatJiece ;  
 elongated and columnar,  or even  bristle-shaped,  in Hymeno'pliyllum and  Trichomanes.  
 Cctjps. =  capsule,  or capsules. 
 #8(55^1. =  segment,  segments,  or lobes:  often used  indifferently ; but a segment generally  
 indicates a deeper or more  elongated lobe. 
 Pnm. =  primary,  or  first  division  of  a  compoundly  pinnate or  pinnatifid frond ;  thus  
 prim,  div.,  or prim,  pinna or pinnl. 
 iSecowci. —secondary ;  the second  principal division,  or pinna,  of a frond. 
 MEASURES  OF  LENGTH. 
 Fi. —foot,  or feet. 
 //^. =  inch,  or inches.  
 lin. =line,  ^  of an inch. 
 Z.=long ;  thus,  1  in.  I,  1  ft.  1. 
 w.  =  wide  or broad ;  thus,  1  line w.  or  1  in.  br. 
 authors’  names  and  THEIR  WORKS. 
 W. = Willd. =  Willdenow.  Thus,  W. >S^. =  Willdenow’s Species Plantarum.  
 iS'w. =  Swartz ;  generally,  unless  when  otherwise  mentioned,  referring to his Synopsis  
 Tilicum. 
 5’c7t^. =  Schkuhr,  as Schk.  r .  =  Schkuhr’s Eilices. 
 Kzg.  in aScAT;. =Kunze,  in Schk.  Fil.  Suppl. 
 Hk. >8j9. =  Hooker,  Species Filicum. 
 Bk.  et  P. = Hooker and Greville’s Tcoues Filicum. 
 Bk.  /c. =  Hooker,  leones Plantarum. 
 Bk.  Cent.  P. =  Hooker’s Century  of  Ferns,  which  corresponds with  vol.  10  of leones  
 Plantarum. 
 B k . F. P r. =  Hooker’s Filices Exoticse. 
 B k .  G.  P. =  Hooker’s Garden Ferns. 
 B k .  %d.  Cent.  P. =  Hooker’s 2d.  Century  of Ferns. 
 Hab. =  habitat,  or locality,  indicating the native  country  of the species. 
 Names  of  countries  ax’e  so  commonly  abbreviated  in  descriptive  Botany,  that they  
 scarcely need  explanation :  N.  =  North  America,  =  South  America,  &c.  &c. 
 Afa7a?/a =  Malay Islands and Archipelago.  “ India ” generally implies the British possessions  
 of the mainland,  exclusive  of N.  =North  India,  cliiefly comprising the Himalayan  
 range,  and  exclusive  of  the  Indian islands.  Mex. = F\.o\\co.  Paci/. =  Islands of the  
 the the Pacific,  unless otherwise  expressed,  &c. &c. 
 TABLE  OF  THE  ORDERS  AND  GENERA. 
 t a b l e   o p  t h e   A rrangements  o p   t h e   O rders  and  G e n era   o p   t h e   
 t r u e   E E R N S   in   t h e   following  pages,  w it h   B e per en g e s   to  
 t h e   N umber in g  o p   e a c h   G en d s,  and  to  t h e   F ig u r e s  o p   t h e   
 G enera  on  t h e   P la te s . 
 O r b .  f i l i c e s .  G e n .  1 - V 5 .   T ab.  I . - I X . 
 S u b -O rd .  I.  GLETOHENIAOEiB.  G e n .  l.-^'  Platyzoma.  T ab.  I.  f.  1-  
 G e n .  2.  Gleichenia.  Tab.  I.  f.  2. 
 S ub-Ord.  I I .   PO L Y PO D IA C B iE .  Gen.  3 -6 1 .  Tab.  I.  f.  3 -1 2 ,  au 
 Tab.  I I . -Y I I I .   f.  61.  _ 
 „  3  47  So ri furnished A.  INVOLUCRATE.  ^EN^ 3 - i ^   OO  y wUh  an  involucre, 
 Alsophila  excepted.  Tab.  I .  f.  3 - i . . .   la b . 
 T « i . i   I I .  D i a O T H .»   I 
 Gen.  14.  Depana.  Tab.  I I .   f.  14.  k  f   , 
 f.  17. 
 Tribe  IY .  D avalliee.  Gen.  18.  Davallia.  Tab.  I I .   f-  18.  Gen.  19  
 Cystopteris.  Tab.  I I .   f.  19. 
 t r i b e  V .L in d s a v e a .  G e n .  20.  Lindsaya.  Tab.  I I .  f.  20.  Gen.  20  K   
 D ic ty o x ip L ip ium .  Tab.  IL   f.  20,  o.  c. 
 T r ib e  Y -   P t e r id e e .  Gen.  21.  t I Í   23. 
 Ochimpteris.  Tab.  I I   f.  22  f   24  Gen  25.  Cheilanthes.  Tab.  H I .   
 Gen.  24.  Hypolepis.  Tab.  I I .   f.  24.  •  57.  Onychium. 
 Gen.  33.  Loma ría.  Tab.  I I I .   f.  33. 
 »  The  numbering  which  precedes  e^oh  corfeT 
 o tts   wfffi  “   omnpartm^ts  on  the  plates,  the  compartments  bearing 
 the  same numeral as that of the genus. 
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