LIST OF COLOURED PLATES. 
Lomaria Spicant 
Frontis. 
Asplenium marinum . . . .To face page 
101 
Struthiopteris germanica 
To face page 1 
Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, Lanceolatum ,, 
1 >3 
Woodsia 
■>1 5 
Asplenium Filix-foemina .... 
i 3 ' 
Dicksonia Culcita 
» 9 
Scolopendrium vulgare, Hemionitis . . ., 
136 
Trichomanes radicans, 
Hymenophyllum 
Polystichum Lonchitis, aculeatum 
144 
tunbridgense, Wilson 
. 
17 
Aspidiurn Oreopteris, Thelypteris . . ., 
152 
Davallia canariensis . 
19 
Nephrodium rigidum, Filix-mas . . ,, 
155 
Cystopteris 
25 
Aspidiurn Fcenisecii, cristatum . . . „ 
161 
Pteris aquilina 
• • „ 28 
Polypodium vulgare, Phegopteris . . „ 
163 
Pteris longifolia 
., 40 
Polypodium Dryopteris, Robertianum . „ 
165 
Adiantum . 
49 
Polypodium alpestre ...... 
168 
Cheilanthes 
., 52 
Notholmna lanuginosa, Marantae, Gymno- 
Cryptogramme crispa 
56 
gramma Leptophylla . . . . „ 
172 
Woodwardia radicans 
. . „ 76 
Osmunda regalis „ 
'75 
Asplenium and Ceterach 
. - . ., 89 
Ophioglossum vulgatum. lusitanicum . . „ 
00 
Asplenium 
„ 96 
Botrychium ..... „ 
188 
LIST OF WOODCUTS. 
PAGE 
Tree-ferns ......... ii 
External surface of stem of Tree-fern . . . iii 
Transverse section of stem of Tree-fern . . iv 
Pinna of Maidenhair v 
The Moonwort ( Botrychium Lunarici) . . vi 
Sporangia of Ferns, showing distribution of spores . vii 
Sporangia of Male Fern vii 
Under-side of pinna of Male Fern .... vii 
Prothallium of Adiantum Capillus-veneris, seen from 
below, with the young fern attached to it . . ix 
Prothallium of Aspidiurn Filix-mas, and natural size 
enlarged ; antheridium before bursting, anthe- 
rozoid-cells escaping from antheridium, anthe- 
rozoid-cell, antherozoid, and archegonium all 
much enlarged ix 
PAGE 
X 
XI 
The Adder’s-tongue ( Ophioglossum vulgatuni) . 
Desmobryoid rhizome of Pteris aquilina . 
Eremobryoid rhizome of Polypodium vulgare, show- 
ing scars of fallen fronds xi 
Ceratopteris thalictroides ..... xxvii 
A Fern Cabinet ....... xxxiii 
Woodsia alpina and Woodsia ilvensis ... 7 
“ Scythian Lamb ” 9, 10 
Pinnule (magnified) of Trichomancs radicans, and 
involucre showing varying length of receptacle 15 
Hymenophyllum tunbridgense . . . 17 
Hymenophyllum Wilsoni 18 
Varieties of Cystopteris fragilis .... 22, '23 
Cystopteris montana ....... 26 
Pinnules of Bracken ... ... 28 
