xiv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF WORDS OF FREQUENT 

 OCCURRENCE IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES. 



BOTANICAL TERMS. 



Caud. = caudex, from whicli ai-ises the frond or stipes. 



St. = stipes, or stipites, which support the frond. 



Fr. — frond, or fronds. 



PmwZ. = pinnule, or pinnules. 



Invol. = involucre, by many botanists called indusium. 



i2ecfjo<.= receptacle, that which bears the sori or capsules; prominent in most CyathecB; 

 elongated and columnar, or even bristle-shaped, in Hymcnophyllum and Trichomanes. 



Caps. = capsule, or capsules. 



Segm. = segment, segments, or lobes : often used indifferently ; but a segment generally 

 indicates a deeper or more elongated lobe. 



Prm.= primary, or first division of a compoundly pinnate or pinnatifid frond; thus 

 prim, div., or prim, pinna or pinnl. 



/Ssconrf.=f5econdary; the second principal division, or pinna, of a frond. 



MEASUKES OF LENGTH. 



Ft.— toot, or feet. 



/m. = inch, or inches. 



Zm. =line, J^ of an inch. 



?.=long; thus, 1 in. 1., 1 ft. 1. 



10. Ir. = wide or broad ; thus, 1 line w. or 1 in. br. 



authors' NAMES AND THKIR WORKS. 

 W.= WiUd. =WilldenQw. Thus, W. iSfp.=Willdenow's Species Plantarum. 



<Sw. = Swartz; generally, unless when otherwise mentioned, referring to his Synopsis 

 Filicum. 



/Sc7t^.=Schkuhr, as Schk. F. = Schkuhr's Filices. 



Kze. in SchJi;.=KvLnze, in Schk. Fil. Suppl. 



JJk. /Sp. = Hooker, Species Filicum. 



HJc. et Or. i^. = Hooker and Greville's Icones Filicum. 



Hk. /c. = Hooker, Icones Plantarum. 



Hk. Cent. 2^. = Hooker's Century of Ferns, which corresponds with vol. 10 of Icones 

 Plantarum. 



Hk. F. Ex. = Hooker's Filices Exotics. 



Ek. Q. f.= Hooker's Garden Ferns. 



Bk. 2d. Cent. P. = Hooker's 2d. Century of Ferns. 



Hab. = habitat, or locality, indicating the native country of the species. 



Names of countries are so commonly abbrevi.ated ia descriptive Botany, that they 

 scarcely need explanation : N. vim. = North America, 6'. J«i. = South America, &c. &c. 

 M«Zaya=Malay Islands and Archipelago. " India" generally implies the British pos- 

 sessions of the mainland, exclusive of A^. /nd= North India, chiefly comprising the 

 Himalayan range, and exclusive of the Indian islands. J)/e.r. = Mexico. P«r;(/'.= Islands 

 of the Pacific, unless otherwise expressed, &c. &c. 



