SYNOPSIS FILICUM; 



OR, 



A SYNOPSIS OF ALL KNOWN FERNS, 



INCLUDING THE 



OSMUNDACE^;, SCHIZ^ACE^E, MARATTIACE^E, AND 

 OPHIOGLOSSACE^E 



(CHIEFLY DERIVED FROM THE KEW HERBARIUM). 



ACCOMPANIED BY FIGURES 



REPRESENTING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF EACH GENUS. 



4 *, ' ^ c t * 



BY THE LATH " < u '**= 



SIR WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., 



D.C.L., F.R.S., A.S., AND L.S., 

 DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW, 



AND 



JOHN GILBERT BAKER, F.L.S., 



ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE KEW HERBARIUM. 



LONDON: 

 ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 



1868. 



