The Feex Loveh"s Compaxiox 



CoxFLUEXT. Blended together. 



Cordate. Heart-shaped. 



Chex'ate. Scalloped with rounded teeth; .said 



of margins. 

 Crosier. An uncoiling frond. 



CuxEATE. "Wedge-shaped. 



Cu.spiDATE. Hard pointed, tipped with a cusp. 



DECiDuors. Falling away when done growing — 



not evergreen. 

 Decompouxd. More than once compounded or 



divided. 

 Decurrext. Running down the stem below the 



point of insertion, as the bases of 



some pinna-. 

 Decumbext. Not erect; trailing, bending along 



the ground, but with the ajjcx 



ascending. 

 Defi.exed. Bent or turned abruptly downward. 



Dextate. Toothed. Having the teeth of a 



margin directed outward. 

 DiCHOTOMOus. Forking regularly in pairs. 



Dimorphous. Of two forms; said of ferns whose 



fertile fronds are unlike the sterile. 

 EiiARGiXATE. Notched at the apex. 



ExTiRE. AVithout divisions, lobes, or teeth. 



Falcate. Scythe-shaped, slightly cur^-ed up- 



ward. 

 Fertile. Bearing spores. 



Filiform. Thread-like; long, slender, and 



terete. 

 Filmy. Having a thin membrane; gauzy; 



said of the filmy fern fronds. 

 Flabellate. Fan-shaped; broad and rounded at 



the summit and narrow at the base. 

 Froxd. a fern leaf or blade; may include 



both stipe and blade, or only the 



latter — called also lamina. 

 Glabrous. Smooth; not rough or hairv. 



