414 ETYMOLOGY. 



Fadyenia, in honour of Dr. M'Fadyen, an eminent physician 



in Jamaica. 

 Feea, in honour of Mons. A. L. A. Fee, Professor of Botany 



at Strasburg, a celebrated writer on Ferns. 



Gleichenia, in honour of Baron P. von Gleichen, a German 



botanist. 

 Glyphoteenium, glyphis, sinuose, tainia, a fillet or ribbon ; 



form of fronds. 

 Goniophlebium, gonia, angle, phlebes, veins ; the veins 



meeting, forming angles. 

 Goniopteris, gonia, angle, pteris ; the veins meeting, forming 



angles. 



Grammitis, gramma, a line ; the sori being linear. 

 Guernia, in honour of M. C. Guerin, a French officer under 



Captain Freycinet in the voyage of the Urania. 

 Gymnogramma, gymnos, naked, gramma, a line ; the sori 



on the veins in lines, and naked. 

 Gymnopteris, gymnos, naked, pteris ; the fructification naked. 



Haplopteris, Jiaploos, simple, pteris ; simple venation. 

 Hecistopteris, hecistos, very small, pteris ; a small Fern. 

 Helminthostachys, helminthos, worm, stachys, a spike ; the 



fructification in compact spikes, worm-like. 

 Hemidictyum, Jiemi, half, diktyon, a net ; the outer portion 



only of the veins being reticulated. 

 Hemionites, a name given by ancient botanists to a plant 



now called Asplenium hemionites, but retained as a 



generic name for a West Indian Fern by Linnaeus. 

 Hewardia, in honour of Robert Heward, a collector and 



writer on West Indian Ferns. 

 Histiopteris, unexplained. 

 Humata, liumatus, humid j in opposition to Adiantum. 



