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Suborder III. Osmundacee. Genus 62, Osmunda. Genus 63, Todea. 
» . Schizeacee. Genus 64, Schizea. Genus 65, Anemia. 
Genus 66, Mohria. Genus 67, Trochanteris. Genus 
68, Lygodium. — 
a V. Marattiacee. Genus 69, Angiopteris. Genus 70, Ma- 
rattia. Genus 71, Danea. Genus 72, Kaulfussia. 
» VI. Ophioglossee. Genus 13, Ophioglossum. Genus 74, Hel- 
minthostachys. Genus 75, Botrychium. 
In all, four suborders, containing 14 genera and 107 species, thus 
raising the total number of genera to 75 and that of species to the 
figure already indicated. 
It only remains to add, that this Synopsis will be found to answer 
every purpose of the earnest inquirer, and will for years to come serve 
‘as the best handbook of Ferns; and that we owe a great obligation to 
Mr. Baker for having carried out so soon and in so perfect a way the 
wishes of Hooker and the wants and expectations of the lovers of these 
plants. 
Index to the Native and Scientific Names of Indian and other Eastern 
Economie Plants and Products. Prepared by J. Forbes Watson, 
A., M.D., F.L.S., ete. London: India Museum, 1868. 8vo. 
pp. 637. 
This compilation from the numerous separate works, memoirs in 
journals and transactions, and ephemeral catalogues, referring to the 
vegetable products of Asia, from Japan to Arabia, carries out the ideas 
first advocated in Seemann's * Popular Nomenclature of the American 
Flora,’ where the employment of vernacular names in botany was shown 
to be practical and useful. Nearly a hundred different publications 
have been consulted, and the native names contained in them arranged 
in one continuous alphabetical index. The spelling employed by each 
author is retained, so that the same word applied to the same plant is 
frequently repeated, because of slight modification in the spelling. 
As the arbitrary though uniform spelling of the “ Fonetik Nuz " has 
not been and is not likely to be adopted, we have no prospect of 
Obtaining a recognized standard in spelling, and perhaps the better 
plan— although involving repetition—is to follow that adopted. 
