European Ferns. 
190 
Aubrey, John, and the Bracken, 32 ; and the 
Moomvort, 186. 
Auckland Isles, Ferns found in, xv., xvi. , 17. 
Auer, Alois, and nature-printed ferns, xl. 
Australia, Ferns found in, xv., xvi , xxxvii., 8, iS, 
29, 42, 46, 52, 66, 68, 80, 81, 1 19, 172, 175, 183 — 
185, 187. 
Austria, Ferns found in, 63, 108, 116, 18S. 
Ayrshire, Ferns found in, 129, 145. 
Azores, Ferns found in the, xiv. — xvi., 11, 14, 17, 
18, 38, 46, 71,80. 86, 92, 105, 108, 109, 119, 135, 
145, 151, 160, 162, 171, 173, 178, 183, 184. 
Babington, Prof., 24, 25, 155; a “splitter,” 56; 
his “ Manual of British Botany,” 24, 56. 
Babingtonia damnosa, a rickname for Anacharis 
A Isinastrum, 123. 
Backhouse, Mr. James. 6, 15, 25. 
Baden, Onoclea StrutJiiopteris in, 3. 
Baicra , genus of Oolite ferns, xliv. 
Baikal, Ferns found at, 3. 7. 
Baker, Mr. J. G., and the “Synopsis Filicum,” 
xxxv., 5, 76, 82; and the geographical dis- 
tribution of ferns, xiii., xiv.; works by, % on 
ferns, xxxv., xxxvi. 
Baku, P ter is ere tic a near, 40. 
Balabala, The, or Alsophila lunulata of the Fiji 
Islands, xxviii., xxix. 
Balantium chrysotrichum, medicinal properties 
of, xxviii. 
B. Culcita, a name for Dicksonia Culcita , 11. 
Banffshire, Polystichum Lone hit is in, 140. 
Banyan, or Ficus indica , and Lomaria caudata , 65. 
Barbadoes, A diant urn Farley ense in, 43. 
Barbary, Ferns found in, 171, 173. 
Barberry, Bcrberis vulgaris , and the “doctrine 
of signatures,” 83 ; etymology of, 128. 
Barmouth, Ferns found at, 105, 183. 
Baitas, Sieur du, Lines by, on the Scythian lamb, 
10 ; on the Spleenwort, 126 ; on the Moon- 
wort, 186. 
Basifugal, definition of, vi. 
Bauer, Francis, 4 ; illustrations offeins by, xxxv. 
Bauhin, and Blechnum Spicant , 75. 
Bauhin, Caspar and John, 59. 
Batthinia, The genus, 59. 
Baxter, Mr., 146. 
Beech Fern, locality and description of, 168. 
Belfast, Aspie?uum fontanum near, 103. 
Belgium, Ferns found in, 17, 45, 63, 105, 108, 129. 
Bellbank, and the Killarney Fern, xxxiv., 13, 14. 
Beloochistan, Ferns found in, 53, 54. 
Benbo mountain, Leitrim, The Oak Fern on, 1 66. 
Ben Johnson and the Moonwort, 187. 
Ben Lawers, Ferns found on, 5, 26. 
Bennett, Dr. George, and Asplenium lucid uni, 
XXV. 
Bennett, Mr. E. T., 147. 
Bentham, Mr., 88, 171 ; work by, xxxviii. ; a 
“ lumper,” 56. 
Betberis vulgaris , and the “doctrine of signa- 
tures,” 83. 
Berkeley, Rev. M. J., and the Bracken, 30. 
Bermuda, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 99. 
Bernhardi, and Allosorus, 60. 
Berwick, Polystichum angularc in, 145. 
Bignoniacecr , Economic properties of, xxv. 
Bipinnate , definition of, v. 
Bipinnatijid , definition of, v. 
Bipinnatisect , definition of, v. 
Bird’s-foot Trefoil, preservation of, xxix. 
Bird’s-nest Fern, locality and description of, 85. 
Birmingham Botanic Garden, and the Scythian 
lamb, 10. 
Blackberry, The, and the “splitters,” 56. 
Black Country, Bracken folk-lore in ; 35. 
Black Forest, Polypodium alpestre in the, 170. 
Black Maidenhair, medicinal properties of, xxviii. 
Biack Maidenhair Spleenwort, 48, 83, 106 — no; 
French name of, 93; Gerard's account of the 
plant, 107 ; various names of the plant, 107 ; its 
medicinal properties, 107; its cultivation, no. 
Black Oak Fern, old name for Black Maidenhair 
Spleenwort, 107. 
Black Sea, Polystichum angular e near, 145. 
Bladder Fern, 21, 25. 
B Uchnece , tribe of Polypodiaccce , xii. ; distribution 
of, xvi. 
Blechnum , ^enus of, xii. ; and Lomaria, 64 — 
68 ; species and distribution of, 67 ; varieties 
of, 68, 70 ; vernacular names of, 73 ; ety- 
mology of, 74. 
B. asplcnioides , description and locality of, 68. 
B. boreale , dimorphism of, vi. ; and Lomaria , 
6 4- 
B. cartilagineum, economic properties of, xxviii., 
68 ; locality and description of, 68. 
B. gracile , 68. 
B. Lauceola , 67, 68 ; locality and description of, 
67. 
/>. long i/o Hunt, descriptiot and locality of, 68. 
B. rad i cans, Linnaeus’s name for Woodwardia 
rad ic a ns, 78. 
B. Spicant , 58, 67, 95, 145 ; distribution of, xvi. ; 
and Lomaria , 64 ; Gerard and Parkinson on, 
69 ; description of, 69 ; Mr. Moore on varieties 
of, 70, 71 ; distribution of, 70, 71 ; generic and 
specific names of, 74, 75 ; viviparous character 
of, 146. 
B. virginicum, Linnaeus’s name for Woodwardia 
virginica , 76. 
B. volubile , locality and description of, 67. 
Bloxam, Rev. A., and Asplenium fontanum, 103. 
Bobart, 1, 42. 
Bog Asphodel and Maidenhair, 49. 
Bog-plants and weeds, 178. 
Bohemia, Bracken folk-lore in, 35 ; ferns found in, 
3, 6, 90, 91, 1 16. 
Boissier, and Lastrea rigida, 156. 
Bolivia, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Bolton, James, on the Killarney and other Ferns, 
xxxiv., 13, 14, 23, 101 ; work by, on ferns, 
xxxiv., 13. 
Bombay, The Flowering Fern at, 178. 
Bordeaux, Synod at, and the Bracken, 33. 
Borneo, Ferns found in, xxviii., 19, 82. 
Borrer, The late Mr., 1. 
Borrowdale, Asplenium germanicum in, 115. 
Bory, 18, 45, 47. 
Boscastle, Ferns found at, 14, 47. 
Bosch, Dr. Van den, on the IlymcnophyllecE, xxxvi. 
Botanical Record Club, The, ico. 
Botrychium , sporangia of, vii. ; classification of, 
x. ; genus of, xiii., 182, 185—188. 
B. boreale , 187 ; distribution of, xvii. 
B. lanccolatum, distribution of, xvii. 
B. Lunaria, 58, 112, 185 — 187; distribution of, 
xvii., 185; Parkinson, Coles, &c., on the sup- 
posed magical powers of, 185 — 187. 
B. matricaruefolium , distribution of, xvii., 187 ; 
and B. lanccolatum, 187 ; description of, 187. 
B. simplex, description of, 188; distribution of, 
xvii., 188. 
B. ternatum , description of, 187 ; distribution 
of, xvii., 178. 
B. virginicum , 188 ; distribution of, xvii., 188. 
Bourbon, Island of, Ferns found in, xiv., 18, 40, 
108, 178. 
Bracken, The, 27 — 29 ; subterranean stem of, iv. ; 
venation of, v. : sorus of, vii. ; indusium of, viii. ; 
preservation of, xxx., xxxi. ; economic proper- 
ties of, xxv., xxvii., 30, 31; locality of, 29: 
medicinal uses of, 31, 32 ; lines by Cowper, 
Burns, and Tannahill on, 32 ; folk-lore of, xxv., 
33 — 35 > rhizome of the, 36 ; lines by Miss 
Tomkins on, 36 ; Tusser on, 37 ; etymology of, 
37 ; various names of, 29, 37, 38, 73, 74. 
Bradbury, Mr. H., and nature-printed ferns and 
seaweeds, xl. 
Braemar, Cystopteris alpina on, 26. 
Brand, and Bracken folk-lore, 34. 
Brandon. Ireland, Polystichum Lonchitis on, 140. 
Brazil, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., xxix., 16, 18, 29, 
41, 42, 48, 50, 64, 67, 68, 99, 129, 131, 175 ; the 
flora of, xxxvi. 
Breckan, a Scotch name for ferns, 32. 
Brecknockshire, Ferns found in, 90, 167. 
Bree, Rev. W. T., and Asplenium fontanum , 103. 
Brentford, Asplenium Ruia-muraria at, 112. 
Brentwood, Osmunda formerly found at, 179. 
Breyne, Dr., and the Scythian lamb, 8, 9. 
Briggs, Mr. T. G., 43. 
Bristle Ferns, or Trichomanes } 12, 13. 
British Columbia, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 119, 140. 
British Male Fern, stem of, iii. 
British Museum Herbarium, xxix., xxxi. — xxxiii. , 
xxxviii., xxxix., 1, 5, 30, 39, 41—43, 46, 47, 51, 
52, 58, 77, 96, 102, 109. 
British North America, Botrychium simplex in, 
188. 
Brown, Mr., and Woodwardia radicans, 80. 
Brown, Robert, 4, 5, 59, 60, 81. 
Brownback, a Devonshire name for the Scale Fern, 
128. 
Brown wort, a name for the Spleenwort, 126. 
Bruisewort, or Comfrey, xxvi. 
Buckinghamshire, Ferns found in, 101, 113, 167, 176 
Buck’s-horn Plantain, and the Forked Spleenwort, 
JI4; 
Buffonia tenuifolia , and M. Buffon, 59, 60. 
Bulbs or bulbils, Propagation by, 146. 
Bullein, on the medicinal virtues of the Spleenwort, 
126. 
Burbidge, Mr., and hybridity in ferns, 91. 
Burns, on the Bracken, 32. 
Burntweed, a name of the Hart’s Tongue in West- 
meath, 100, 132. 
Burren Mountains, Ireland, Ferns found on the, 
46, 47. 
Butcher s Broom, Semblance of flowers on leaves 
of, i. 
Cabinet for fern specimens, xxxiii. 
Cabrach, N.B., var. of Asplenium Adiantum> 
nigrum found at, 109. 
Cactuses, Semblance of flowers on leaves of, i. 
Cader Idris, Ferns found at, 1, 6, 90. 
Cahirciveen, Asplenium lanccolatum at, 105. 
Caithness county, Ferns found in, 62, 140. 
Calabria, Pteris longifolia in, 39. 
Calaguala, medicinal properties of, xxviii. 
Caley, Mr. George, on ferns, xxxvii., 19, 8r. 
California, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 24, 78, 80, 90, 
156, 163, 170, 187, 188. 
Callirrhoe, Maidenhair at the fountain of, 46. 
Camellia, The genus, and Linnaeus, 78. 
Cameroon mountains, Black Maidenhair Spleenwort 
on the, 108. 
C amptosor us rkizophy llus, 65, 79, 84, 91, 131, 138, 
145 ; locality and description of, 65. 
C. sibirica, locality of, 66. 
Canada, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 3, 5 — 8, 21, 93, 
119, x 35» J 49> I 57> 160, 168, 178. 
Canary Islands, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 23, 30, 
39, 42, 46, 53, 92, 96, 99, 109, 119, 129, 145, 162, 
I72,.i73» 184. 
Cantabria, Gymnogramma Pozoi in, 174. 
Cape of Good Hope, Ferns found at, xiii., xv., xvi., 
xxxvii., 39, 40, 52, 53, 64, 71, 92, 108, 129, 138, 
149,163,173,183. 
Cape Verde Islands, Ferns found in the, 20, 39, 46, 
71, 86, 92, 108, 129, 171 — 173, 184. 
Capel Curi g, Asplenium germanicum near, 115. 
Capillaire , syrup made from the Maidenhair, xxviii., 
^ -I 7 ’ 93- 
Capillary herbs, 1 he five, 133. 
Caracas, The Lady Fern in the, 119. 
Carboniferous ferns, xiii., xliii. 
Cardamine pratensis, 74. 
Cardiff, Maidenhair at, 46. 
Carinthia, Ferns found in, 5, 7, no. 
Carmarthenshire, The Killarney Fern in, 14. 
Carnarvonshire, Ferns found in, 62, 90, 114, 115, 
139, 162, 168. 
Carniola, Polystichum Lonchitis in, 140. 
Carolina, Woodsia ilvensis in, 6. 
Caroline Isles, Ferns found in, xv. , xvi. 
Carpathians, Ferns found on the, 25, 26, 170. 
Carrigeena, The Trichomaues on, 14. 
Cascade Mountains, Polystichum Lonchitis on the, 
140. 
Caucasus, Ferns found in the, 3, 4, 6, 24, 40, 40, 52, 
54, 7L 9 2 ,. 1 . 12 ’ 1 *4, .J29, 135, 170, 183, 185. 
Caiuiex, definition of, iii. 
Caulopteris , genus of Carboniferous ferns, xliii. 
Cavanilies, and Asplenium Hemionitis, 86. 
Cellular Cryptograms, ii. 
Central America, Ferns found in, xiii., 11, 29, 44, 
46, 51—53- 
Ceratoptens thalictroides , economic properties of, 
xxviii. 
Ceterach, 82 ; genus of, xiii. ; its derivation, 128 ; 
Turner’s description, 127 ; easy growth of, 130. 
C. aureum, 130. 
C. ojficinarum , 48, 83, 92, 112, 125 — 130, 137; 
Turner’s remarks on, 127 ; cultivation of, 130 ; 
distribution of, xvi. ; cultivation of, xviii. ; 
medicinal properties of, xxvi. 
C. Pozoi, distribution of, xvi., 174. 
Ceylon, Ferns found in, 51, 80, 95 ; species of ferns 
in, xv., xvi., xxxvii. 
Chain Fern, a name for Woodwardia , 76 
Chameerops , genus of, 138. 
Chamberlain, and fern-seed, xxv. 
Channel Islands, Ferns found in the, 99, 100, 105. 
Chanter, Mrs., and Maidenhair, 49. 
Charles I. and IL, and the Bracken, 35, 36. 
Chaubard, M., on ferns, 40, 45, 47. 
Cheddar, and Thalictrum saxatile, 46. 
Cheilanthes, genus of, xii. ; species and distribu- 
tion of, 51, 52 ; etymology of, 51. 
C. andina , 53. 
C. argentea , description of, 51. 
C.farinosa, description and locality of, 51. 
C. fmbriata, a name for C. Szovitsii, 55. 
C.fragrans, distribution of, xvi. ; cultivation of. 
xviii., 54; scent, description, and locality of, 
52*. 53- .... 
C. hispanica , distribution of, xiv., xvi. ; locality 
and description of, 54. 
C. lanuginosa , 54. 
C. madcrensis , 53. 
C. Matthcwsii , description of, 52. 
C. micropteris, description of, 52. 
C. multifida, locality and description of, 51. 
C. odora , a name for C.fragrans, 53. 
C. pteroides, description and locality of, 52. 
C. radiata , description and locality of, 52. 
C. speciosissima , locality and description of, 52. 
C. Szovitsii , distribution of, xvi. ; locality and 
description of, 54, 55 ; var. of, 55 ; specific 
name of, 75. 
C. tenuifolia , description and locality of, 52. 
