EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. PART It 
FRUCTIFICATIONS OF FERNS, 
Fig. 1. Part of a Plant of Pilularia Globulifera, Pepper-grafs, 
to fbow the radical fructification of Fern, a, a, a. 
Fig. 2. Spiked fructification of Fern, mown in Equifetum 
Sylvaticum, Wood Horfe-tail, the Spike of the 
natural fize, beginning to difperfe it's feeds. 
Fig. 3. One of the Targets feparated from the Spike, and 
highly magnified; termed, by Hedwig, a Capfule- 
bearing Target. 
Fig. 4. A Seed with ir's Stamens highly magnified. 
Fig. 5. A Seed-bud with the Stamens rolled round it, before 
expanfion. 
Fig. 6. Part of a le f of Afplenium Scolopendrium, HartV 
tongue, to fhow the le fy fructification of Ferns, 
i, An Involucre, or bag containing Seeds, not fully 
expanded, k, An Involucre expanded, mowing 
the Capfules. 
Fig. 7« The Capfules in a magnified ftate, each furrounded 
by an ehifiic ring, and having one cavity. 
Fig. 8. A Captive bur ft open, difcharging it's feeds. 
Fig. 9. The Seeds magnified. 
Fig. 10. A Leaf of Fucus Vesfculofus, to fhow the growth of 
one leal out of another* See page 193. 
