SYNOPSIS FILICUM; 



OR, 



A SYNOPSIS OF ALL KNOWN FERNS, 



INCLUDING THE 



OSMUNDACE^E, SCHIZ^EACE^E, MAKATTIACE^E, AND 

 OPHIOGLOSSACE^E 



(CHIEFLY DERIVED FROM THE KEW HERBARIUM). 



ACCOMPANIED BY FIGURES 



REPRESENTING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF EACH GENUS. 



BY THE LATE 



SIR WILLIAM JACKSON IJOOKER, K.H., 



D.C.L., F.R.S., A.S., AND L.S., 

 DIRECTOR OP THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW, 



AND 



JOHN GILBERT BAKER, F.L.S., 



ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE KEW HERBARIUM. 



SECOND ^fi&m&jr EDITION 



LONDON: 

 EGBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 



1874. 



