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THE BOOK OF CHOICE FERNS. 



" Ferns of British India," by the kind permission of the author) ; their texture 

 is soft and papery, and their colour dark green. The spore masses are 

 disposed in irregular rows between the midvein and the margin —Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, iv., p. 64. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 123. 



POLYSTICHUM— Pol-ys'-tich-um. See Aspidium. 

 PROFEREA— Prof er -e-a. See Nephrodium. 

 PROSAPTIA— Pros ap -ti-a. See Dayallia. 

 PSEUD ATHYRIUM — Pseud-ath-yr -i-um. See Polypodium. 



