296 FEENS: BRITISH AOT) FOEEISN. 



Doryopteria, dory, spear or talbert, pteris ; form of the fronds. 

 Drymoglossum, drymos, wood, glossa, tongue ; the fronds like 



tongues on trees. 

 Drynaria, dryads; the sterile fronds being like oak leaves, 



which tree was sacred to the Dryads. 

 Dryomenis, dryos, dryads (as above), meniskos, a crescent ; shape 



of the sori. 



Egenolfia, in honour of Christian Bgenolph, a German author 



of a book on herbs. 

 Elaphoglossum, elaphos, a stag, glossa, tongue ; the fronds 



being hke the stag's tongue. 

 Eupodium, eu, good, pons, podos, a foot ; the sorus having a 



foot-stalk. 



Fadyeniaj in honour of Dr. M'Fadyen, an eminent physician 



in Jamaica. 

 Feea, in honour of Mons. A. L. A. ¥6e, Professor of Botany at 



Strasburg, a celebrated writer on ferns. 



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



botanist. 

 Goniophlebium, gonia, angle, phlebes, veins ; the veins meeting, 



forming angles. 

 Goniopteris, gonia, euagle,- pteris ; the veins meeting, forming 



angles. 

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

 Gymnogramma, gymnos, naked, gramma,, aline; the sori on the 



veins in lines, and naked. 

 Gynmopteris, gymnos, naked, pteris ; the fructification naked. 



Haplopteris, haploos, simple, pteris ; simple venation. 

 Helminthostachys, lielmintlios, worm, siachys, a spike ; the 



fructification in compact spikes, worm-hke. 

 Hemidictyum, liemi, half, dihfyon, a net ; the outer portion only 



of the veins being reticulated. 

 Hemionites, a name given by ancient botanists to a plant now 



called AgpleniuTn Tiemionites, but retained as a generic name 



for a West Indian fern by Linnaeus. 

 Humata, humatiis, humid ; in opposition to Adia/ntvm. 

 Hymenodium, hymen, membrane; the character of the frond. 

 Hymenolepis, Jtymen, membrane, lepis, a scaJe; membraneous 



scales ooveriag the fructification. 



