THE PHYTOLOGIST. 



No. XXXVI. 



MAY, MDCCCXLIV. 



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Art. CCXIII. — Analytical Notice, with Illustrations, of a ^History 

 of British Ferns and allied Genera' By Edward Newman, 

 F.L.S., Z.S., &c. London : Van Voorst, 1844. 



Lomaria spicant. 



We scarcely know a paragraph more replete with truth than that 

 selected by the author for his motto. " Monographers, come from 

 whence they may, have, I think, fair pretence to challenge some re- 

 gard and approbation fi-om the lovers of Natural History ; for as no 

 man can alone investigate all the works of Nature, these partial writers 

 may, each in their department, be more accurate in their discoveries, 

 and freer from errors than more general writers, and so by degrees 



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