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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



" Ferns of British India," by the kind permission of the author) ; their texture 

 is soft and papery, and their colour dark green. The spore masses are 

 disposed in irregular rows between the midvein and the margin. — Hooker., 

 Species Filicum, iv., p. 64. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 123. 



POLYSTICHUM— Pol-ys'-tich-um. See Aspidium. 

 PROFEREA— Prof-er'-e-a. See Nephrodium. 

 PROSAPTIA— Pros ap'-ti-a. See Davallia. 

 PSEUDATHYRIUM— Pseud-ath-yr -i-um. See Polypodium. 



