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Bralnea, in honour of 0. Braine, Esq., who introduced the first 



plant. 



Callipteris, Tcallos, heautiful, and pieris, beautiful fern. 

 Campyloneurum, hcmvptos, arched, neuron, a nerve ; the veins 



forming arches. 

 Ceratopteris, heras, Jceraios, a horn, pteris; homed fern. , 

 Ceterach, a name given by Persian physicians. 

 Cheilanthes, cheilos, lip or margin, antlws, flower; the fractifi- 



cation on the margin, 

 Cibotium, hibotos, a casket or coffer; the form of the 



indusium. 

 CincinaUs, meaning unknown. 



Colyais, Icolysis, sepai-ation, a species separated from other genera. 

 Coniogramma, honis, dust, gramma, a line ; imperfect sporangia, 



but not applicable in perfect specimens. 

 Cryptogramma, Icryptos, hidden, gram/ma, a line or writing ; the 



lines of fruotitication being hidden, 

 Cyathea, hyatlios, a cup ; the form of indusium. 

 Oyclodium, kyhlos, circle ; the form of indusium. 

 Oyclopeltis, hyldos, circular, peltis, shield ; the form of inda- 



eium, 

 Oystopteris, kystos, a bladder; the inflated indusium. 



Dansea, in honour of Pierre Martin Dana, a Piedmont 



botanist. 

 Davallia, in honour of Edmond Davall, a Swiss botanist. 

 Dicksonia, in honour of James Dickson, a British crypto- 



gamist. 

 Dicranoglossum, dikrcmos, forked, glossa, tongue; the fronds 



forked and pendulous. 

 Dictymia, dOctyon, a net ; the netted venation. 

 Dictyogramma, diktyon, gra/mmcL, a line ; the sori reticulated. 

 Dictyopteris, diktyon, pieris ; the veins reticulated, 

 Dictyoxiphium, diktyon, xiphion, sword; the veins reticulated, 



and the form of the frond. 

 Didymochtena, didymos, two or double, chloBna, a cloak ; the 



indusium being double. 

 Diplazium, dAplazo, to be double; two indusia on the same 



receptacle. 

 Doodia, in honour of Samuel Doody, a London apothecary, and 



British cryptogamist. 



