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Split. F. L. Splitgerber, a Dutch botanist ; " Au Enumera- 

 tion of the Ferns of Surinam." 



Spreng. C. Sprengel, Professor of Botany, Halle ; " Syst.," 

 a systematic enumeration of plants according to the 

 Linnsean arrangement, 1827. 



Spring. Spring, a German botanist and writer on Lyco- 

 podiaceoB. 



Stansfield. Stansfield, a nurseryman at Todmorden, 

 Yorkshire, celebrated as a discoverer and cultivator of 

 numerous varieties of British species of Ferns. 



Strume. Dr. J. W. Strume, German botanist ; " Enumera- 

 tion of the Ferns of Chili," 1858. 



Sw. Olaf Swartz, a Swedish botanist and traveller in 

 Jamaica ; " Synopsis Filicum," an enumeration and 

 description of all known Ferns since 1806. 



Thurib. P. Thunberg, a Dutch traveller and botanist in 

 Japan and Cape of Good Hope ; " Fl. Jap." the Flora 

 of Japan, 1784. 



TJiwaites. G. J. TJiwaites , Director Botanic Garden, Cey- 

 lon ; author of "Flora of Ceylon." 



Tuckerman. E. Tuckerman, a United States botanist. 



Vdhl. Mart. Vahl, a German botanist. 



Van den Bosch. Dutch botanist ; " Synopsis Hymeno- 

 phyllacese," 1858. 



Van Houte. L. Fan Route, a Belgian nurseryman ; author* 

 of several periodical botanical works. 



Veitch. James Veitch & Son, nurserymen, London, cele- 

 brated importers and cultivators of rare Ferns. 



Vent. E. P. Fentenat, a French botanist. 



Vogler. Vogler, a German botanist. 



