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Boottii—named for William Boott, 1805-1887, a “ace "eal New 
Engl 
Boschianum—for Roelof Benjamin van den Rack "1810-1869, a 
writer on the filmy ferns. 
Bradleyi—for Professor F. H. Bradley, who sent to D. C. Eaton the 
specimens from which the species was described. 
Braunii—for Alexander Braun, 1809-1877, professor at the Uni- 
versity of Berlin and a student especially of cryptogamic plants. 
bulbifera—Lat., bulb-bearing; referring to the well-known habit of 
one of the bladder ferns. 
cambricum—Lat., of Wales (of which Cambria was the ancient 
name), this Conic having apparently been first observed in that 
t 
ountry. 
ee Venus’ hair; probably a translation of an 
ent name for the ant. 
Catheartiona—fo Miss Ellen Cathcart who collected the type 
specim: 
pe ogg high, lofty, elevated; perhaps because this fern was 
first found growing on mossy stumps and logs, or possibly re- 
ferring to the tall fronds. 
cinnamomea—Lat. cinnamon-colored; referring to the sporangia. 
Cla, gto eet Dr. John Siders 1685 (?)-1773, one of the 
liest of American botan 
FRO G. W. Cinta ee asa. an amateur botanist. 
uffalo, N. Y. 
composittum—Lat. compound; referring to the more numerous 
ivisions of the sterile fron 
concordiana—from Concord, Mate where the plant was first found. 
cristatum—Lat. crested. U sually employed for forms in which the 
ronds or pinnae branch repeatedly near the apex, thus forming 
a tassel-like cluster at the end. 
dealbata—Lat. whitened; refering to the white covering of the 
under surface of the frond. 
densa—Lat. crowded together referring to its habit of growth or 
to the crowded segm 
oe expanded; ener to the large size of the lowest 
lioea i cut into many segmen 
Dryopteris—Gr. oak or tree in general, sn fern; perhaps referring 
to the woodland habitat of the plan 
dubia—Lat. doubtful—an epithet which vn need no explanation 
to anyone who remembers his first attempt to name a plant. 
ebenoides—Gr. resembling Asplenium ebeneum 
