xiv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. 



LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF WOEDS OF FREQUENT 

 OCCURRENCE IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES. 



BOTANICAL TEBMS. 



CaMt?.=oaudex, from wliicli arises the frond or stipea. 



iSe.= stipes, or stipites, which support the frond. 



-PV.= frond, or fronds. 



Pinnl.=pnrm\e, or pinnules. 



/)W)oi.= involucre, by many botanista called indusium. 



iJccep<.=receptacle, that which beara the sorl or capsules; prominent in most Ci/o<AaE; 

 elongated and columnar, or even briatie-shaped, in Hymenophyllum, and Fiichomanes. 



Caps. = capsule, or capsules. 



%m. = segment, segments, or lobes : often used indifferently ; but a segment generally 

 indicates a deeper or more elongated lobe. 



Prim. = primary, or first division of a compoundly pinnate or pinnatifid frond ; thus 

 prim, div., or prim, pinna or pinnl. 



/SecoJid. = secondary ; the second principal division, or pinna, of a frond. 



MEASDKEB OE LENGTH. 

 i!'i.=foot, or feet. 

 /k. =inch, or inches. 

 K».=line, -^ of an inch. 

 Z.=long; thus, 1 in. 1., 1 ft. 1. 

 w. 6r.=wide or broad; thus, 1 line w. or 1 in. br. 



AUTHOES' NAMES AND THBIB WOKKS. 



W.= W(iHd.=Willdenow. Thus, W. )Sp.=Willdenow'3 Species Plantarum. 



Sw. =Swa,Ttz; generally, unless when otherwise mentioned, referring to his Synopsis 

 Filicum. 



&7iii;; = Sohkuhr, as Schk. P. = Schkuhr's Klices. 



Kze. im Schh. =KvLnze, in Schk. Fil. Suppl. 



Sk. /Sp.= Hooker, Species Filicum. 



ffh et Or. 7?. = Hooker and Greville's Icones Filicum. 



Hk. /c.= Hooker, Icones Plantarum. 



Elc. Gent. i?. = Hooker's Century of Ferns, which corresponds with vol. 10 of Icones 

 Plantarum. 



Hie. F. &;.= Hooker's Filicea Exoticaa. 



Hh. Q. i!'.= Hooker's Garden Ferns. 



Eh. M. Cent. ii". = Hooker's 2d. Century of Ferns. 



Hab.=habitat, or locality, indicating the native country of the apecies. 



Names of countries are so commonly abbreviated in descriptive Botany, that they 

 scarcely need explanation : N. jlm.. = North America, S. .4m. = South America, &c. &c. 

 AfaZa2/o= Malay Islands and Archipelago. " India" generally implies the British pos- 

 sessions of the mainland, exclusive of i\7^ /nd.= North India, chiefly comprising the 

 Himalayan range, and exclusive of the Indian islands. Mex. =Mexico, Pacif. =I^ands 

 of the Pacific, unless otherwise expressed, &c. &c. 



