CONTEXTS 



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List of lllustratinns 9 



Preface .15 



liitniduetiou 19 



Key to Genera 29 



Classification of Feni- 41 



The Polyi>oilies 43 



Tiie Braclvcn Gronp: 



IJrael^en 47 



Clirt' Brakes 58 



Kock Brake 63 



The Lip Ferns ((:7(c(7«//f//r.s) 65 



The Cloak Fern (A'(i;/,„/,/7/o) 71 



The Chain Ferns 71 



The Spleenworts: 



The Rock S|)leenworts. .-{■•< jihniitm 78 



I'lie L;ir^e Spleenwoi t.-. Atliijrin iii 90 



Hart's Toni;ne and Walking Leaf 103 



The Shield Ferns: 



Christmas and Holl.N" Fern 107 



Marsh Fern Trilie .114 



The Beech Ferns 121 



The Fragrant Fern 128 



The Wood Ferns 130 



The Bladder Ferns 151 



The ^^oodsias 157 



The Bonlder Fern (/J<';(y(.vf(r(//('(/) 165 



Sensitiw and Ostrieli Fern^ 170 



The Flowering Ferns {()-^iiiiiiiila) 177 



Cnrly Grass and Climliin.g Fern 187 



Adder's Tongue 191 



The Grape Ferns: 



Key to tlie Grape Fern 193 



Moonwort 194 



Little Grape Fern 196 



Lance-lea\ed Grape Fern 196 



Matricary Fern 198 



Common Grape Fern 199 



Rattlesnake Fern 204 



