General Index. 
Chcilanthes Tittcei, 54. 
C . viscosa , description and locality of, 52. 
Chelsea Eotanic Gardens, and Mr. Thomas Moore, 
xxxix. ; and Samuel Doody, 81. 
Cheshire, Ferns found in, 62, 90, 157, 158. 
Chili, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 16 — 18, 24, 46, 65, 
71,174* 
China, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., xxviii., xxix. , 5, 
8, 24, 27, 29, 46, 51. 
China, Southern, and the Scythian lamb, 8. 
Chinchon, Countess of, and Cinchona, 59. 
Chiswick, Asplenium Ruta-muraria at, 112. 
Chlora per/oliata , reason for the name, 75. 
“ Christ's Hair,” a name of the Hart’s Tongue in 
Guernsey, 132. 
Cibotium Barometz , a name for Dicksonia Baro- 
?netz , 10. 
C. glaucutn , Sandwich Islands, xxix. 
Cilicia, Cheilanthes fragrans in, 53. 
Cilician Taurus, Cystopteris alpina on, 24. 
Cinchona, Spelling of, 59. 
Cintra, Lisbon, Asplenium Hemionitis near, 86. 
Circinate vernation, explanation of, i., vi. 
Clapham, Mr., 146. 
Clare, Maidenhair in, 46, 47. 
Clarke, Mr. B., and the fronds of the Bracken, 30. 
Classification of ferns, ix. — xiii. 
Climbing Fern, rachis of, iv. ; Mr. Darwin on, iv. ; 
vernation of, vi. 
Clogwyn y Gamedd, Snowdon, JVoodsia hyper- 
bore a on, 5. 
Clova mountains, Ferns found on, 5, 26, 70. 
Clowes, Mr. F., 23. 
Clown’s Woundwort, medicinal properties of, xxvi. 
Club-mosses, Dr. Milde and, xxxiv. 
Clyde, Ferns found in islands of the, 17, 145, 162. 
Cochin China, and the missionary Loureiro, 78. 
Cockayne, Rev. Oswald, and the Bracken, 37, 38 ; 
and the Comfrey, xxvi. 
Colchester, The Hard Fern found near, 69. 
Coles, and the “doctrine of signatures,” 83 ; and 
the Maidenhair, 49 ; and the Spleenwort, 126; 
and the Adder’s Tongue, 182 ; and the Moon- 
wort, 186. 
Collecting-boxes for ferns, xxx. 
Collinson, Peter, and the Struthiopteris , 3. 
Coltsfoot, 83. 
Columbia, Blechn um volubile in, 67. 
Columbia River, Ferns found near the, 61, 168. 
Comeragh Mountains, Ireland, Asplenium Tricho- 
?nanes near, 92. 
Comfrey, The, 83; its medicinal properties, xxvi., 
xxvii. 
Como, Pteris cretica near, 40. 
Comoro Islands, Ferns found in, xiv., 12. 
Concan, Species of ferns found in, xv., xvi. 
Confirma, or Comfrey, xxvii., 83. 
Congo, Woodiuardia radicans in, 80. 
Connemara, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Consound, an old name for the Comfrey, xxvi. 
Conway, Mr. M. D., and Bracken folk-lore, 35 
Cork, Ferns found in, 14, 17, 105. 
Cormophytes , higher group of C ryptoga m in , ii. 
Cornwall, Ferns found in, 14, 17, 18, 46, 92, 98, 
105, 106, 151, 156, 162, 166. 
Corsica, Ferns found in, 5, 17, 40, 99, 173. 
Corymbiferum, and the garden Cock’s-comb, 123. 
Costa , definition of, v. 
Coventry, Young Bracken at, 30. 
Cowper, on the Bracken, 32 ; on ferns, 72. 
Cowslip, name of, 84. 
Cranesbill, and the English Maidenhair, 92. 
Cretaceous beds, Ferns of the, xliv. 
Crete, Ferns found in, 40, 71. 
Crimea, Ferns found in the, 3, 6. 
Crossbearers, Economic properties of, xxiv. 
C'ouch, Mr. Walter, and the Trichomanes , 14. 
Cruciferce , or Crossbearers, Economic properties 
of, xxiv. 
Cryptogamia , or Flowerless Plants, i. ; two groups 
of, ii., iii. ; reproduction of, ix. 
Cryptogramnia or C ryptogra mine, genus of, xii. , 
60 ; etymology of, 59. 
C. acrostichoidesy locality of, 60 ; description of, 
61. 
C. Brnnoniattay locality of, 60, 61 ; description 
of, 61. 
C. crispa , distribution of, xvi. ; monotypic, 56 ; 
description of, 57; Mr. McKenzie on, 58; 
fronds of, 58 ; generic synonyms of, 59 ; locality 
of, 62, 63, 1 12. 
Cuba, Ferns found in, 93, 119, 143. 
Culborne, Somerset, Asplenium germanicum near, 
“5- , 
Culpeper's “ Herbal,” Quotations from, 133, 186 ; 
popularity of, 134. 
Cultivation of ferns, xvii. — xxiv. 
Cumberland, Ferns found in, 17, 18, 73, 90, 102, 
114, 1 1 5, 162 ; uses of Royal Fern in, xxvi. 
Curtis's “ Flora Londinensis,” 94. 
Cyathea, geographical distribution of, xiii. 
191 
Cyathea medullar is, roots and caudex of, iii. ; 
economic properties of, xxvii., xxix. 
C. Vieillardiy economic properties of, xxvii. 
Cyatheacece , 11 ; classification of, xii. 
“ Cybele Hibernica,” The, 97. 
Cyclopteris hibernica , xii. 
Cyprus, Cystopteris fragilis in, 24. 
Cystopteris , indusium of, viii. ; genus of, xii. ; and 
the Male Fern, xxxi. ; and Cheilanthes tenui- 
folia , 52 ; description, locality, cultivation, 
and etymology of, 21. 
C. alpina , distribution of, xiv., xvi. ; description 
and locality of, 24 — 26. 
C. anthriscifolia, 23. 
C. bulbifera , 79; locality and description of, 21. 
C. cynapifolia, 23. 
C dentata , 23, 24, 112 
C. Dickie ana, 23. 
C. fragilis , 21 — 25 ; distribution of, xvi., 24, 
1 12 ; description of, 21 ; varieties of, 22, 23. 
C. montana , distribution of, xvi. ; description of, 
25. 
C. sudetica , distribution of, xiv. xvi. ; descrip- 
tion and locality of, 25. 
Dahuria, Ferns found in, 6, 124. 
Dalmatia, Ferns found in, 24, 39, 45, 53, 54, 116, 129, 
156. 
Darwin, Lines by, on the Scythian lamb, 10; on 
dimorphism, 57 ; on Climbing Ferns, iv. 
Dauphine, Ferns found in, 26, 63. 
Davallia , genus of, xii., 19 ; pot culture of, xx. ; 
medicinal properties of, xxix. ; species and 
locality of, 19. 
D. aculeata , rachis of, 19. 
D. canariensis, 19; growth of, iii., iv. ; distribu 
tion of, xiv., xvi. ; description and locality of, 
20 ; and Dicksonia Culcita, 20. 
D. elegans, 19. 
D. fceniculacea, 19. 
D. Mooreana , locality and description of, 19. 
D. Novce-Zelandice, locality of, 19, 20. 
D. parallela, and the common Polypody, 19. 
D . farvula, 19. 
D. pyxidata , xxxvii.; locality of, 19. 
D. Tyermani, locality of, 19. 
D. uncinella, rachis of, 19. 
Davalliece , tribe of Polypodiacece, xii. ; distribution 
of, xvi. 
Davies, Rev. Hugh, and the Scale Fern, 126. 
Deakin, on ferns, 154, 161 ; his “ Florigraphia 
Britannica,” 113, 142. 
De Candolle, M. Alphonse, and plant nomencla- 
ture, 74. 
Deccan, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Delastre, M., and the genus Lastrea, 148. 
Denbighshire, Ferns found in, 90, 114, 168. 
Denmark, Ferns found in, 3, 108, 140, 145. 
Derbyshire, Ferns found in, 14, 62, 90, 158, 167. 
Derry, The Parsley Fern in, 62. 
Desfontanea sfinosa, 88. 
Desviobryoid, iv., x. ; definition of, iv. 
Devonian rocks, Ferns found in, xii. 
Devonshire, Ferns found in, 17, 18, 23, 46, 62, 70, 
99, 105, 114, 129, 161, 162, 16 6. 
Dickie, Dr., and Cystopteris Dickieana, 23. 
Dickieana, and Mr. Moore, 22. 
Dickson, and Cystopteris fragilis , 23. 
Dicksonia , genus of, xii., 1 ; geographical distribu- 
tion of, xiii. ; species and locality of, 8 ; 
description of, 8; the “Scythian lamb,” 8 — 10. 
D. antarctica , roots of, iii. ; locality and de- 
scription of, 8. 
D. arborescens, locality and description of, 8. 
D. Barometz, caudex of, 8, 9 ; economic value 
of, 10 ; medicinal properties of, xxviii. 
D. Cibotium, medicinal properties of, xxviii. 
D. coniifolia and D Culcita, 11. 
D. Culcita, distribution of, xvi. ; description and 
locality of, 11 ; use of the hairs of, 10; and 
Davallia canariensis , 20. 
D. moluccana , locality and description of, 8. 
D. pilosiuscnla , 79. 
D. punctilobula, topography of, 8; fragrance of, 
53- 
D. Sellowiana, fulvous hairs of, 8. 
Dicksoniece, classification of, xi. ; tribe of Poly- 
podiacece, xii. ; distribution of, xvi. 
Dictyopteris, genus of coal-ferns, xliii. 
Dimorphism, definition of, vi. 
Dioscorides, and the Male Fern, xxvi. ; and 
Blechnum, 74; and Asplenium, 83; and 
Trichomanes , 93; and the Spleenwort, 127. 
Disco, Greenland, Ferns found at, 7, 140. 
Distribution of plants, Irregularity of the, 100, 101. 
Dodoens, Rembert, iii. 
Donegal, Ferns found in, 90, 184. 
Doodia and Woodwardia, distribution of, 80. 
D. aspera, xxxvii. ; description of, 81. 
D. blechnoidesy description of, 81. 
D. caudata, description of, 81 ; Robert Brown 
and, 81. 
D. linearis , a name for D. caudata, 81. 
Doody, Samuel, and Doodia , 81. 
Dorset, Ferns found in, 46, 99, 162. 
Douglas, and Cryptogramme ac rostichc ides, 61 ; 
and Polystichum munition, 139. 
Down, The Parsley Fern in, 62. 
Drainage of land ; its effect in diminishing the 
growth of certain rare plants, 125. 
Dryopteris nigra , old name for Black Maidenhair 
Spleenwort, 107. 
Du Bartas, on the Scythian Lamb, 10 ; on the 
virtues of the Spleenwort, 126 ; on the Moon- 
wort, 186. 
Dumbartonshire, Ferns found in, 17, 140, 162. 
Dumfries, Ferns found in, 17, 129. 
Dunfermline, Asplenium germanicum near, 115. 
Dunkeld, Asplenium germanicum near, 1 15.- 
Durham, Ferns found in, 90, 139, 167. 
“Eagle,” or “oak-tree,” in the stipes of Pteris 
aquilina , 28. 
Eagle Brake, Anglo-Saxon name for the Bracken, 
37- 
Eagle Fern, book-name for the Bracken, 38. 
Eaton, Professor, on Woodiuardui radicans, 78, 79. 
Echium vulgare , 83. 
Economic properties of ferns, xxiv. — xxix. 
Ecuador, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 65, 173. 
Edinburgh, Forked Spleenwort near, 114. 
Egeria, Maidenhair at the Fountain of, 45. 
Egypt, Ferns found in, 39, 46, 138. 
Elgin county, Polystichum Lonchitis in, 140. 
Elk's-horn, dimorphism of, vi. 
Elk’s-horn Fern, pseudo-discovery of, 1. 
Ellis, William, and the Adder's Tongue ointment, 
: 8 3 . 
English Maidenhair, or Asplenium Trichomanes, 
89, 91 — 96, 129 ; distribution of, 92, 93 ; de- 
scription of, 94 ; varieties of, 95. 
Entre Rios, Pteris cretica in, 41. 
Equiseta , or Horsetails, xxxiv. 
Eremobryoid, iv., x. ; definition of, iv. 
Ern Fern, a name for the Bracken, 38. 
Ettrick Shepherd, The, and the Moonwort, 186. 
E up ten’s, Newman’s name for Pteris aquilina , 29. 
Europe, Ferns in, xv., xvi., 29, 145, J49, 163, 1 66, 
168, 173, 185. 
Falcon Clints, Ferns found at, 6, 140. 
Falkland Isles, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Farlow, Dr., and the reproductive organs of ferns, 
ix. 
Faroe Islands, Hymenophyllum Wilsoni in the, 18. 
Feea , Genus of, xiii. 
Female Fern, an old name of the Bracken, 31, 38. 
Fernando Po, Ferns found in, 14, 64. 
Fern herbarium, The, xxix. 
Ferns, differences of, from flowering plants, i. ; 
highest of Vascular Cryptogams, iii. ; scientific 
name of, iii. ; structure of stem, iii. ; structure 
of fronds, iv. ; slow growth of, v. ; classifica- 
tion of, ix. — xiii. ; genera of, xi.— xiii. ; geo- 
graphical distribution of, xiii.— xvii. ; cultiva- 
tion of, xvii. — xxiv. ; economic properties of 
ferns, xxiv. — xxix. ; cabinet for, xxxiii. ; works 
on, xl. 
Fern-seed, Traditions concerning the use of, 33 — 35. 
Ferrara, Synod at, and the Bracken, 33. 
Fibro-vascular bundles, definition of, iv. 
Fiji Islands, Ferns found in the, iii. , xxviii., xxix., 
18, 19, 29, 8o. 
Filices, or Filicince, scientific name for Ferns, iii. 
“ Filices Europeae,” 185. 
“ Filices Exoticse,” Sir W. J. Hooker’s work, 
xxxv. 
Filix florida or florescens, 175. 
Filix foemina , or Female Fern, an old name of 
the Bracken, 31. 
Filix minor longifolia, and Athyrium Filix - 
foemina, 108, 109. 
Filmy Ferns, iv. ; sorus of, vii. ; annulus of, vii. ; 
indusium of, viii. ; case for, xxii.; Hooker and 
Baker and, xxxvi. ; involucre of, xliii. ; culti- 
vation of, 16. 
Finchley, Asplenium Ruta-muraria at, 112. 
Finger Fern, a name for the Scale Fern, 128. 
Finland, Ferns found in, 5, 140. 
Finmark, Ferns found in, 26, 63, 90. 
Fischer, and the Killarney Fern, 15. 
Fitch, Illustrations of ferns by, xxxv. 
Flanders, Asplenium fontanum in, 103. 
Fleabane, or Pulicaria dysenterica, 73. 
Florida, Ferns found in, 46, 76, 149. 
Flowering Fern, 175—181 ; folk-lore of, xxv., 35; 
preservation of, xxxi.; Sir W. Scott on, 176; 
distribution of, 178 ; Gerard’s account of, 178, 
179; cultivation of, 178; description of, 180, 181. 
