p r e f a c e .
togetlier with the results of further explorations, we hope to incorporate
in a new edition, should the present issue meet with the
generous approbation of the public.
We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity now afforded, to
renew our thanks to those numerous correspondents who have made
us acquainted with the results of their researches among the
British Ferns, and to whom the volumes now concluded owe much
of thoir value.
C h e ls e a , May m h , I860.
CONTENTS.
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THE B E IT I SH F E E N S {continued).
Genus V I.—Atiiyrium : . . . ■..........................................
The Lady Fern . . . .
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Ge n u s V I I .—A s p l é n iu m :
The Smooth Rock Spleenwort (
The Lanceolate Spleenwort {Asplénium lanocolatum) .
The Black Maidenhair Spleenwort {AspUnium Adiantum-nignLw) .
The Sea Spleenwort {Asplénium marinum) . . . .
The Common Maidenhair Sjileenwort {Asplénium Trichomanes)
The Green Spleenwort {Asplénium v ir id e )..........................................
The Rue-leaved Spleenwort {Asplénium Ruta-muraria) .
The Alternate-leaved Spleenwort {Asplénium germanicum)
The Forked I
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60
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90
102
113
119
126
130
Ge n u s V III.—S c o l o p e n d r iu m ;
The Common H a rt’s Tongue
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138
Ge n u s IX .— Ce t e r a c h : ...........................................................................
The Common Scale Fern {Ceterach officinarum) . 200
Ge n u s X .— B l e c h n u m : . . . .
The Common H a rd Fern {Blechmm Spicant)
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211