GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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Lycopodiaceae, 13° ; also 34.— 



Literature of, 37. 

 Lycopodium, 130; also 34, 35, 36. 

 Lygodium,"7s; also 4, 17. 



M 



Macro- (Gr. juaKpog, long), (asapre- 

 fix) large or long. 



Maidenhair. Vide Adiantum. 



Male-fern. Vide Dryopteris. 



Marattiacese, 45- 



Marsilea, 123; also 39, 40. 



Marsileaceae, 123 \ also 39.— Liter- 

 ature of, 40. 



Matteuccia, 120; also 17, 50, 80. 



Mesozoic Age, Pterldophytes of, 

 63. 



Micro- (Gr. |u.iKp6s, small), (as a pre- 

 fix), small. 



Mid vein, the middle or main vein of 

 a frond, pinna, pinnule, or segment. 



Mimicry, 3- 



Monoecious(Gr. /Aoros, single, and 

 otKos, house), bearing the male and 

 female organs on different parts of 

 the same plant. 



Moonwort. Vide Botrychi- 

 um. 



Mucronate (Lat. mucro^ a sharp 

 point), having the midvein prolonged 

 beyond the pinnule, forming a sharp 

 point. 



Musci (mosses), 57. 



N 

 ^■ephrodium. KDryopteris. 

 Neplirolepis, it8; also 6, 16, 80. 

 Nomenclature, 4- 

 Notholaena, 85; also 6, 9, 13, 79. 



Oak-fern. KiV^Pliegopteris. 

 Oblong, from two to four times as 



long as broad. 

 Obovate (Lat. oh, reversed, and 



ovum, an egg), inverted ovate. 

 Onoclea, 120 ; also 2, 3, 5, 10, 17, 80. 

 Oosphere (Gr. dov, an egg, the 



female element of Pteridophytes. 



Oospore (Gr. m6v, an egg, and 

 (TTTopos, a seed), the fertilized 00- 

 sphere. 



Ophioglossacese, 66; also 28.— 

 Literature of, 31. 



Ophioglossum, ^&\ also 6, 29, 30. 



Orbicular (Lat, orbiculus^ diminu- 

 tive of orbis^ a circle), circular. 



Orders, 45- 



Ornithopteris, 76; also 18. 



Osmunda, 77; a]so2, 3, 4,5,6, 18, 19. 



Osmundacese, 12, 79. 



Ostrich-fern. Vide Matteuc- 

 cia. 



Ovate (Lat. ovum, an egg), having 

 the form of the longitudinal plane of 

 an egg with the base downward. 



Ovoid (Lat. ovutn, an egg, and Gr. 

 eiSo9, form), having the form of an 

 egg. 



Paleaceous (Lat. palea, chaff), 

 clothed with chaffy hairs. 



Palmate (Lat. J>alma, the hand), 

 with the divisions spreading from the 

 end of the stalk like the fingers of the 

 hand. 



Panicle (Lat. panicula, a tuft on 

 plants), an open cluster, consisting 

 of more or less branching stems bear- 

 ing fruit. 



Papillose (Lat. PapUla, a ripple), 

 bearing minute nipple-like projec- 

 tions. 



Papyraceous (Lat./rt/jj"-«J, paper 

 reed), having the texture of paper. 



Pedicel (Lat. pediculus, diminutive 

 of pes, foot), the stalk of -a, sporan- 

 gium. 



Pel I sea, w^s also z, 3, 6, 14, 80. 



Peltate (Lat, pelta, a small shield), 

 shield-shape; said of an indusium 

 borne on a stalk attached at its centre. 



Pentagonal (Gr. Trevre, five, and 

 7U)i'ta, angle), having five sides. 



Petiole i^^^. petiolus, diminutive of 

 pes, foot), the stalk of a pinna or 

 pinnule. 



