SYNOPSIS EILIOIJM; 



OH, 



A SYNOPSIS OF ALL KNOWN FERNS, 



INCLUJUING TUE 



OSMUNDACE^, SCHIZ^EACEiK, MARATTIACE^E, AND 

 OPHIOGLOSSACEiE 



(chiefly derived from the kew herbarium). 



ACCOJirAXIED BY FIGURES 



REPRESENTING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF EACH GENUS. 



BY THE LATE 



SIPv WILLIxVM JACKSON HOOKEll, K.H., 



• ♦I 



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

 DIRKCTOR of THE ROYAL CAUDEXS OF KEW, 



AND 



JOHN GILBERT BAKEK, F.L.S., 



ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE KF.W HERBARIUM. 



SECOND 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 



EDITION 



LONDON: 



ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 



1874. 



