INDEX 



Kestner, 103, 144 



Kidston, 209 



Kidston and Gwynne-Vaughan, 276 



Lamarck and de Candolle, 47-8 

 Lamarckism, 3, 290 



Lang, xiii, 21, 26, 124, 196-7, 204-5, 245-6 

 Lastrea propinqua. See Drjopteris abbreviata 

 L. pseudo-mas. See Dryopteris Borreri 



var. cristata-apospora Cropper, 22 

 L. remota, 72-3. See also Dryopteris remota 

 Leptopteris, 274, 276, 278-80, 286 

 L. Frazeri, 278-9; and Fig. 2786 

 L. hymenophylloides , 278-9; and Fig. 278c 

 L. superba, 278-9; and Figs. 278^/, 279c 

 Leptotene, 34; andY'ig. 19 



Limestone Polypody, 63, 81, 83-5; an^Fig. 12b 

 Love and Love, ix, 281-3, Table 8 

 Luerssen, 73, 143 

 Lussino, 142-5 



Lycopodiales (Lycopods), 16, 17, 22; ch. 15; 285 

 Lycopodium, 22-3, 244-54, 286 



prothalli, 245-6 

 L. alpinum, 245, 248-9; and Figs. 245, 246 

 L. annotinum, 244-8, 252; an^ Figs. 247, 248, 251 

 L. clavatum, 244-9; <^^^d Figs. 241, 242, 244, 246 c/, e 

 L. inundatum, 245-7; ^"^ Figs- 243, 246^ 

 L. Selago, 245-6, 250-2, 285; and Figs. 249, 250 



Macroevolution, 4, 12, 16, 289-91 



Madeira, 192, 195; fern flora of, 282-3, Table 9 



Maiden Hair Fern. See Adiantum 



Malay, 125, 239, 276; aW Fig. 234/) 



Male Fern. See Dryopteris Filix-mas 



Marattiaceae, 262 



Marchals, 42 



Marsh fern, 79, 81. See also Dryopteris Thelypteris 



and Thelypteris 

 Marsiliaceae, 24 

 Martens, Fig. 142 

 Megaphyllous, definition, 209 

 Meiosis, history and definition, 2 



illustrations of stages, 32, 34, 36, 39 



place in life history, 18 



stages, 32-4 

 Mendel, i 

 Mendelism, in Scolopendrium, 124 



in apogamous ferns, 193-4 

 Metaphase, definition, 33 

 Microevolution, 4, 290 

 Microphyllous, definition, 209 

 Milde, 143-5, 212, 224 

 Mitosis, 2 



Morocco, 257-8; and Fig. 255 

 Multivalents 



in Biscutella, 7-8 



in Osmunda, 34-9 



in Psilotum, 239 

 in Pteris cretica, 175-6 

 in Watercress, 9-1 1 

 loss of, 285 

 Mutation, 3-4, 56, 180, 194, 286, 288-91. See also 

 Saltation 



Nasturtium, 6, 9-12; awif Figs. 3, 4 



Nephrodium dilatatum, 197. See also Dryopteris 



dilatata 

 Nephrodium hirtipes, 158-9. See also Dryopteris atrata 

 Nephrodium molle, 197 



N. Oreopteris, 197. See also under Dryopteris 

 Nephrodium pseudo-mas var. polydactyla, 159. See 



also Dryopteris Borreri var. polydactyla 

 Newman, 47, 55, 1 10, 1 16-17 

 New Zealand, 233-9 

 Nordhagen, 188; and Figs. 49, 197 

 Norway, 75, 118, 120-1, 128, 147, 189, 232; 



and Figs. 63, 1 17c 



Oak Fern, 63, 81-5. See also Gymnocarpium 



Okabe, 233, 239 



Ophioglossaceae, 17, 24, 262, 280 



Ophioglossum, 262-9, 273, 280, 285, 287-8; and 

 Figs. 261-6 



0. lusitanicum, 263-4, 268-9; and Figs. 261-3 



0. vulgatum, Fig. 261^ 



archegonium, 266-8; and Fig. 265a 

 chromosome number, 264, 268-9, 285 

 fertilization, 267-8 

 prothalli of, 264-8; and Figs. 264-6 

 spermatozoid, 266; and Fig. 265A 



Orthogenesis, 291 



Ortus Sanitatis, 127; and Yig. 126 



Osmunda, ch. 3; 274-80, 285-9; and Figs. 7, 8, 

 1 1-28, 276-9 

 apogamy in, 20; and Fig. 76, c 

 apospory in, 21, 26-g; «««/ Figs. 8, 11, 12 

 polyploidy in, 26-43, 285; andYigs. 13-28 

 spiral structure of chromosomes, 34-5, 279; 

 and Figs. 21, 279 



O. cinnamomea, 276; and Fig. 277a 



0. Claytoniana, 276; and Fig. 2']']c 



O. gracilis, 277-9; '^"^ Figs- 2776, 2796 



O. interrupta. See 0. Claytoniana 



0. javanica, 277-9; arid Fig. 277^ 



0. palustris, 275, 277-8; and Fig. 2Tjd 



0. regalis, ch. 3; 276 



Osmundaceae, 24, 262, 274-80 

 fossil, 276 

 primitive nature of, 279, 288 



Osmundites, 276 



Owen (Richard), 3 



Pachytene, 34; and Figs. 20, 185a 

 Parallel evolution, 81, 108, 195, 290-1 



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