The Fbkn Lover's CoMPANIO^i 



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ROOTSTOC'K. 



SCAPK. 

 SE<i1,rKXT. 



Seuhate. 



Serkueate. 

 Sessile. 



Sinus. 



Sinuate. 



SORUS (plu. SOHl) 



Spati'eate. 



Spike. 



Spinulose. 

 Spokanue (plu. 

 Sporangia). 



Stipe. 



!-iTOLON. 



Subulate. 

 Ternate. 

 Truncate. 

 Tuft. 



Venation. 

 Vernation. 



WlIORI- 



Winged. 



(Or I'Lizoiiie.) An underground 



stem, from whicli I be fronds are 



jjroduced. 



A naked stem risiiif^' from the 



ground. 



One of the smaller divisions of a 



pinnatihd frond. 



TIa\ ing I he margin sharply cut into 



teeth pointing forward. 



The same only willi smaller teeth. 



Without a stalk. 



A cleft or rounded curve l_)etweeii 



two lobes. 



With strongly wavy margins. 



A cluster of sporangia; a fruit dot. 



Shaped like a druggist's spatida or 



a flattened spoon. 



An elongated cluster of sessile 



sporangia. 



Sjjiny; set witli small, sharp spines. 



A spore case. A tiny ghjhe in which 



the spores are i)roduced. 



The stem of a fern from the ground 



up to the leafy portion; the leaf 



stalk. 



An underground branch or runner. 



Awl-shaped. 



With three nearly ecpial divisions. 



Ending abruptly as if cut off. 



Things flexible, closely grouped into 



a bunch or cluster. 



The veining of a frond or leaf. 



The arrangement of leaves in the 



bud. 



A circle of leaves aroun'' i stem. 



^Margined by a thin expansion of 



the rachis. 



