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INDEX. 



Page, 

 leaves, or fronds, great variety of 1 3 



duration of .... 13 



parts of 13 



mode of division ... 15 



aestivation of . . . . 16 



venation of .... 16 



stipes 14 



fructification 17, 18 



receptacle 16 



19 

 96 

 1 

 2 

 43 



internal structure 

 Struthiopteris Spicant . . . 

 Study of Perns, inducement to 



best method of 



Table of groups and genera 



Table of species . . t . . . 49 



Topographical aspect of Ferns . 30 



arborescent, or tree Terns . 30 



shrubby Ferns . . . . 31 



herbaceous Ferns ... 31 



epiphytal Ferns . . . . 32 



Page. 

 Trichomanes .... 46, 174 



brevisetum 178 



radicans, described . . 55, 175 



its variety 177 



its distribution . 177, 321 



its culture 178 



speciosum 178 



Uses of Ferns 33 



food-yielding species . . 33 



medicinal species ... 34 



oeconomical species ... 35 



Woodsia 44, 178 



alpina 180 



hyperborea, described . 50, 179 



its distribution . 181,321 



its culture 181 



ilvensis, described . . 50, 181 

 its distribution . .321 



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