MEANINGS OF NAMES AND TERMS 12 J 



POIYSTICHUM ACTJIEATTJM 



polys G., many ; stictos G., order (from the numerous 



orderly sori). 

 aculeatum L,, prickly. 



angula/re L., angular. 



loncJtitis L., a spleenwort. 

 PTEEIS AQTIILINA 



Pteris G., a fern, from pteron G-., a feather. 



aquilina L,, eagle-like. 

 SCOLOPENDBITJM, from Scolopendra, the scientific name of a 



centipede. 

 AVOODSIA ILVENSIS 



Woodsia, Latinized from the name J. Woods. 



Ilvensis L., Elban, from the island II va, Elva or Elba. 



acrogenom, growing chiefly from the extremity. 



acuminate, extended into an acute terminal angle. 



oppressed, pressed close, lying near the stem. 



aristate, bearded. 



articulated, jointed, separating readily at the joint. 



auricle, a small ear-like lobe. 



caudate, with a tail ; ovate-caudate, an egg with a tail, like a 



tadpole. 



caudex (plural caudices), the root-stalk or stem. 

 circinate, rolled down, like a crozier-head. 

 confluent, running into or uniting with one another. 

 cordate, having lobes like the thick end of the heart in a pack 



of cards. 

 cotyledons, the seed-lobes, the first leaves in the rudimentary 



plant or embryo. 



crenate, having the edges round-toothed. 

 . crenulate, with smaller teeth. 

 cruciform, in the form of a cross. 

 deciduous, falling off, as the leaves of annuals. 



