TO 



DR. GEORGE METTENIUS, 



PBOJTESSOB OE BOTANY, AND DIBECTOB OF THE BOTANIC GAEDEN 

 AT THE UNIVEESITX OF LEIPZIG, 



THE ABLE AtTTHOE OP 



"E1LICES HOETI BOTANICI LIPSIENSIS," 



v. 



AND OF VARIOUS MEMOIRS, 

 "UBEE EINIGE FAEENGATTUNGEN," 



THIS CENTURY OF FERNS 



IS DEDICATED, 



IN TESTIMONY OE GREAT RESPECT AND ESTEEM, BY 



THE AUTHOR. 



Eoxal Gardens, Kew, 

 Mat, 1861. 



