414 ETTJIOLOGT. 



Fadyenia, in honoar of Dr. M'Fadyen, an eminent physician 



in Jamaica. 

 Peea, in honour of Mons. A. L. A. Fee, Professor of Botany 



at Straeburg, a celebrated writer on Ferns. 



Gleichenia, in honour of Baron P. von Gleichen, a German 



botanist. 

 Glyphota?nium, glyphis, sinuose, tainia, a fillet or ribbon ; 



form of fronds. 

 Goniophlebium, gonia, angle, phlehes, veins ; the veins 



meeting, forming angles. 

 Goniopteris, gonia, angle, pteris ; the veins meeting, forming 



angles. 

 Grammitis, gramma, a line ; the sori being- linear. 

 Guernia, in honour of M. C. Guerin, a French officer under 



Captain Freycinet in the voyage of the Urania. 

 Gymnogramma, gymnos, naked, gramma, a line ; the sori 



on the veins in lines, and naked. 

 Gymnopteris,(/^nwios, naked, p>teris ; the fructification naked. 



Haplopteris, Jtaploos, simple, piteris ; simple venation. 

 Hecistopteris, hecistos, very small, pieris ; a small Fei-n. 

 Helminthostachys, hehnlntlios, worm, stacJujs, a spike ; the 



fi-uotification in compact spikes, frorm-like. 

 Hemidictyum, hemi, half, dildyon, a net ; the outer j)ortion 



only of the veins being reticulated. 

 Hemionites, a name given by ancient botanists to a plant 



now called Aspileuium. lirinionltes, but retained as a 



generic name for a West Indian Fern by Linnreus. 

 Hewardia, in honour of Robert Heward, a collector and 



writer on TVest Indian Perns. 

 Histiopteris, unexplained. 

 Humata, Immatus, humid ; in opposition to Adianium. 



