CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE ... ... ... ... iii 



LIST OF PLATES ... ... ... ... vii 



INTRODUCTION ... ... ... ... 1 



1. History of our knowledge of the Fern 



Flora of the Bombay Presidency ... 1 



2. The Structure of Ferns ... ... 3 



3. The Life History of Ferns ... ... 13 



4. Vegetative Reproduction ... ... 18 



5. Distribution and Habitats of Ferns ... 19 



6. Cultivation of Ferns ... ... 23 



CLASSIFICATION ... ... ... ... 27 



Sub-order I. Gleicheniaceae ... ... 27 



II. Polypodiaceae ... ... 29 



III. Osmundaceae ... ... 192 



IV. Schizaeacese ... ... 193 



V. Marattiaceae ... ... 197 



VI. Ophioglossaceae ... .. 198 



SYNOPSIS OF GENEKA ... .... ...205 



INDEX ... . 223 



