The Fern Lover's Companion 



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GLOSSARY 



Acuminate. 

 Aculeate. 

 Acute. 

 Adventitious. 



Anastomosing. 



Annulus. 



Antheridia. 

 Apex (plu. Apices). 



Archegonia. 

 Areola. 



Auricle. 



Articulate. 



Axil. 



Bi (Latin, his, twice). 

 Blade. 



BULBLET. 



Caudate. 

 Caudex. 



Chaff. 



Chlorophyll.' 



CiLIATE. 

 ClRCINATE. 



Clavate. 

 Compound. 



Gradually tapering to a point. 

 Prickly. Beset with prickles. 

 Sharp pointed, but not tapering. 

 Irregular, incidental. Growing out 

 of the usual or normal position. 

 Connected by cross veins and form- 

 ing a network as in the Sensitive 

 ferns. 



A jointed, elastic ring surrounding 

 the spore cases in most ferns. 

 The male organs on a prothallium. 

 The top or pointed end of leaf or 

 frond. 



The female organs on a prothallium. 

 A space formed by intersecting 

 veins; a mesh. 



An ear-shaped lobe at the base. 

 Jointed; having a joint or node. 

 The angle formed by a leaf or 

 branch with the stem. 

 Two, twice, doubly. 

 The expanded, leafy portion of a 

 frond. 



A small bulb, borne on a leaf or in 

 its axil. 



With a slender, tail-like apjiendage. 

 A trunk or stock of a plant ; espe- 

 cially of a tree fern. 

 Thin, dry scales of a yellowish- 

 brown color. 



The green coloring matter of plants. 

 Fringed with fine hairs. 

 Coiled downward from the apex, as 

 in the young fronds of a fern. 

 Club-shaped. 

 Divided into two or more parts. 



