SYNOPSIS FILIOUM; 



OE, 



A SYNOPSIS OF ALL KNOWN FERNS, 



INCLODIKG THE 



OSMUNDACE^, SCHIZ^ACE^, MAKATTIACE^, AND 

 OPHIOGLOSSACE^ 



(chiefly derived from the kew heebarium). 



accompahied by pigubes 



REPRESENTING THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS OF EACH GENUS. 



BY THE LATE 



SIE WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, K.H., 



D.O.L., F.E.S., A.B., AND L.S., 

 DIRECTOR OF THE BOTAL GARDENS OF KEW, 



AND 



JOHN GILBERT BAKER, F.L.S., 



ASSISTANT CURATOH OF THE KEW HERBARICM. 



SECOND '^TOT.M'^ EDITION 



LONDON: 

 ROBEET HARDWICKE, 192, PICCADILLY. 



1874. 



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