878 
CRYPTOGAMIA. 
Class XXIV. 
2169. 
14443 
14444. 
14445 
144^1-6 
14447 
2170. 
1444S 
2171. 
14449 
14450 
14451 
14452 
14453 
14454 
2172. 
14455 
2173. 
14456 
ACROS'TICHUM. L. Acrostichum. 
simplex W. 
crinitum W. 
alcicorne W. 
sorbifolium W. 
aureu Ti L. 
HEMIONI'TIS. 
palmata L. 
simple 
hairy 
Elk's-horn 
Sorbiis-leaved 
golden 
L. Hemionitis. 
palmated 
£ CZSor 
^ f7\1 or 
£ lAI cu 
ES or 
£ (23 or 
^ [23 el 
GYMNOGRAM'MA. Desv. GYi\iNOGRAMMA 
pedatum Kaulf. pedate jP E] pr 
rijfum Desv. rusty-haired ^ [23 pr 
Hemion'itis t ufa W. 
trifoliatum Desv. three-leaved ^ [23 or 
sulphureum Desv. sulphury U\\ el 
tartareum Desv. whitened ■ H [23 el 
Hemionitis dealhata W. 
calomelanos Kaulf. mealy 
Acrostichmn calomelanos W. 
MENIS'CIUM. Schreb. Meniscium. 
reticular.um Schr. netted [23 el 
XIPHOP'TERIS. Kaulf Sword-Fer.v. 
serrulata Kaulf. serrulate £ (23 pr 
Grammitls serrulata W. 
Sp. 5—42. 
1 ... Br 
f ... Br 
f au.o Br 
n ... Br 
4 au Br 
Sp. l~-5. 
I jn.au Br 
Sp. 6—26. 
i jn.jl Br 
I jn.au Br 
1 jl.au Br 
1 jn.jl Br 
1 au Br 
Jamaica 1793. D l.p Bot. cab. 709 
W. Indies 1793. D l.p Plum. fil. t. 125 
N. S. W. 18(.i 
W. Indies 1793. 
W. Indies 1815. 
R s.p 
D l.p 
Bot. reg. 26 
Plum. fil. t. Wi 
D l.p Plum. fil. t. 104 
W. Indies 1793. D l.p Plook. ex. fl. 33 
N.Spain 1822. D l.p Sw.syn.fil. t.l.f.3 
Jamaica 1793. D l.p Schk. fil. t.l7. 21 
Jamaica 1810. D l.p Plum. fil. 1. 144 
Jamaica 1808. D l.p Schku. crypt, t.4 
W. Indies 1817. D l.p 
£ [S] el 1 jl.au Br W. Indies 1790. D s.p W. hort. ber. 41 
2174. CE'TERACH. W. Ceterach. 
14457 officinarum IV. common £ A 
Sp. 1—6. 
f ap.my Br 
Sp. 1—2. 
i jn.jl Br 
Sp. 1—4. 
f my.o Br 
Martinico 1793. D l.p Plum. fil. 1. 110 
W. Indies 1823. D l.p Schku. crypt, t.7 
Britain cal.ro. D l.p Eng. bot. 1244 
2175, 
14458 
14459 
14460 
14461 
14462 
14463 
/S 
14464 
14465 
14466 
14467 
14468 
14469 
14470 
14471 
14472 
14473 
14474 
. POLYPO'DIUM. 
piloselloldes JF. 
lycopodioides W. 
phyllitidis IV. 
Lin'gua W. 
aureura W. 
vulgare VV. 
camhricum 
virginianura W. 
pectinatum W. 
asplenifolium W. 
incanum W. 
Phegopteris W. 
hexagonopterum W. 
pruinatum W. 
effusum W. 
Dryupteris W. 
calcareum W. 
crassifolium W. 
14445 
L. POLYPODV. 
Mouse-ear 
Club-moss 
Hart's-tongue 
tongue-leaved 
golden 
common 
Welsh 
Virginian 
comb-leaved 
Spleen wort-Ivd 
hoary 
Sun-fern 
triangular 
white-leaved 
spreading 
tender-branch, 
rigid-branched 
thick-leaved 
^[23 or 
(73 or 
i> lAI or 
£ [23 or 
ilf A or 
A cu 
:^ A or 
lE (23 or 
£ (23 or 
^ A or 
^ A or 
^ A or 
£ (23 or 
^ (23 or 
:k A or 
:^ A or 
£ (23 or 
Sp. 27- 
\ au 
1 jl 
2 jn.s 
1 my.jl 
3 mr.ap 
1 my.o 
1 my.o 
1 jl 
I5 jn.s 
2 jl 
f jn.jl 
1 jl 
2 s 
3 n 
1 jn.s 
3 au.s 
W. Indies 1793. 
W. Indies 1793. 
W. Indies 1793. 
China 1817. 
W. Indies 1742. 
Britain sha.ba. 
Britain 
N. Amer. ... 
W. Indies 1793. 
Martinico 1790. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
Britain moun. 
N. Amer. 1811. 
Jamaica 1793, 
Jamaica 1769. 
Britain moi.pl. 
Britain cal.ro. 
W. Indies 1823. 
D l.p 
D l.p 
Sk s.p 
D l.p 
Sk s.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
Sk s.p 
Sk s.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
Sk s.p 
D l.p 
D l.p 
D 
Plum. fil. t. 118 
Schk. fil. t. 8. c.p 
Plum. fil. 1. 130 
Thunb. jap. t. 38 
Plum. fil. t. 76 
Ene:. bot. 1149 
Bolt. fil. t.2. f .5.a 
Plum. fil. t.77 
Bot. cab. 748 
PIum.fil.t.l02.A 
Schk. fil. t. 11. b 
Eng. bot. 2224 
Pluk.al. t.284.f.2 
S]o.iam.l.t.57.f.3 
Eng. bot. 616 
Eng. bot. l.o25 
Plum. fil. t. 123 
14454 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
required than a bell-glass, which should just fit within the i-im of the pot, so as to exclude all air. The pot is 
then to be kept in a pan always half full of water, and set in a shady part of the stove or hot-house, being 
always regularly watered as above directed. When the young plants have acquired their second leaf, it is 
proper to give them a little air, by placing a small piece of v/ood under the edge of the glass, at one side. In a 
short time afterwards the glass may entirely be removed." 
The vegetation of ferns appears to be less tardy than botanists have supposed. Specimens of Gymnogramma 
tartareum having been brought from Jamaica to Liverpool, on the tenth of July 1817, a few seeds "were brushed 
off them and sown immediately. Several plants thus obtained perfected seeds by the fifth of August 1818, 
which being committed to the earth, had produced young plants, covering the surface like a fine moss, by the 
eighth of September following. Specimens of Pteris cretica, and another marked Pteris acrostichoides, from Wil- 
liam Jackson Hooker, Esq., afforded seeds which have vegetated and produced very fine plants of both species. 
Dr. William Carey sent from Serampore s])ecimens of Polypodium giganteum, and what appears to be a new 
Diplazium. These reached Liverpool, July the tenth 1818 ; their seeds being immediately sown, had produced 
young plants by the eighth of September. A small fern from Sicily, with several others of this tribe, collected 
in the Brazils by William Swainson, Jun., Esq., afforded ripe seeds, which being sown in the spring of 1818, had 
partly vegetated, and in September had produced Polypodum decumanum, as well as Gymnogramma calome- 
lanos. Mr. Shepherd obtained two plants of the latter from seeds brushed from the specimens in the Herba- 
rium of Dr. John Reinhold Forster, now belonging to the botanic garden at Liverpool, and perhaps fifty years 
old. He made the experiments on other ferns in that collection, but without success, which, indeed, is not 
wonderful. 
The seeds of this order of plants are of course liable to damage from damp or other accidents, like those of 
plants in general. It seems, moreover, that they are very soon shed by the bursting of their capsules, so that 
