296 FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



Doryopteris, dory, spear or halbert, pteris ; form of the fronds. 

 Drymoglossum, drymos, wood, glossa, tongue ; the fronds like 



tongues on trees. 

 Drynaria, dryads; the sterile fronds being like oak leaves, 



which tree was sacred to the Dryads. 

 Dryomenis, dryos, dryads (as above), meniskos, a crescent ; shape 



of the sori. 



Egenolfia, in honour of Christian Egenolph, a German author 



of a book on herbs. 

 Elaphoglossum, elaplios, a stag, glossa, tongue ; the fronds 



being like the stag's tongue. 

 Eupodium, eu, good, pous, podos, a foot ; the sorus having a 



foot-stalk. 



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. F. von Gleichen, a German 



botanist. 

 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. 

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



veins in lines, and naked. 

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



Haplopteris, haploos, simple, pteris ; simple venation. 

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



fructification in compact spikes, worm-like. 

 Hemidictyum, liemi, 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. 

 Humata, humatus, humid; in opposition ta -Adiantum. 

 Hymenodium, hymen, membrane ; the character of the frond. 

 Hymenolepis, hymen, membrane, lepis, a scale ; membraneous 



scales covering the fructification 



