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European Ferns. 
Flowerless plants, i. 
Food, Ferns used as, xxvii., xxviii. 
Forbes, Mr., on geological ferns, xli. 
Forest of Dean, Lonchitis aspera in, 73. 
Forfarshire, Ferns found in, 140, 170. 
Forget-me-not, or Myosotis halustns, 73. 
Forked Spleemvort, 113 ; locality and description 
of. 1 14. 
Formius, Peter, and the virtues of Maidenhair, 48. 
Formosa, Woodwardia orientalis in, 78. 
Forster, and Pteris esculenta , xxvii. 
Fothergill, Dr., and Woodwardia virginica , 76. 
Foueere a cerises, a French name for the Bracken, 
3 X » 38. 
Fougere porte-aigle , a French name for the Bracken, 
Fox Fern, a name for Blechnum , 73. 
France, and fern literature, xxxiii. ; ferns found in, 
17, 26, 45, 47, 48, 53, 63, 90, 97, 105, 108, 109. 
129, 137, 140, 173, 183. 
Free venation, definition of, v. 
French Fern, a name for Davallia aculeata , 19. 
Friendly Isles, Species of ferns in, xv„ xvi. 
Fringed Buckbean, or Limnatithemum nymphee- 
oides t and the Water Lily, 87. 
Fronds, difference from leaves, i. ; intervals be- 
tween the origin of, iii. ; structure of, iv. 
Fructification of ferns, description of, vi., vii. ; 
sometimes on the upper side of the frond, 95, 
x 37 - 
Fuchs, Leonard, and the “ History of Plants/’ 04. 
Fungi, examples of Thallophytes , ii. ; preservation 
of, xxix. 
Galapagos Islands, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Galen, and the Spleenwort, 127. I 
Galilee, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Galium verum , or Lady’s Bedstravv, 49. 
Gallicia, ‘Ferns found in, 14, 20, 25. 
Galway, Ferns found near, 129, 164. 
Genera of the European ferns, Classification of, 
xi. — xiii. 
“Genera Filicum,” Sir W. J. Hooker’s work on 
ferns, xxxv. 
“ Genera Plantarum,” Sir W. J. Hooker and Ben- 
tham’s work on, xxxviii. 
Generic names of natural objects, 74. 
Geographical distribution of ferns, xiii. — xvii. 
Geological distribution of ferns, xli. — xliv. 
Gerard, and the Clown’s Woundwort, xxvi. ; and 
the Bracken, 32; and the Maidenhair, 49; 
and the Hard Fern, 69; and the Engl.sh 
Maidenhair, 89, 93, 94 ; and Black Maidenhair 
Spleenwort, 107, 108; and Forked Spleenwort, 
1 13 ; and the cure for the spleen, 126; and the 
Hart’s Tongue, 133, 135, 136 ; and the Flower- 
ing Fern, 178, 179. 
Gerard's “ Herbal,” Johnson’s edition of, 94. 
Germany, and fern literature, xxxiii. ; ferns found 
in, 6, 23, 45, 90, 105, 108, 116, 129, 140; 
Bracken folk-lore in, 36. 
Ghilan, Gymnogramma leptophylla in, 173. 
Giant's Causeway, Maidenhair near, 47. 
Gibraltar, Ferns found at, 53, 92, 166. 
Gibson, Mr., and A spleti iutn /on tan um , 103. 
Glamorgan, Ferns found in, 17, 46, 89, 139, 162, 167. I 
Gleichenia , rachis of, v. ; sporangia of, xliii. I 
Gleicheniacece , classification of, xi. 
Glen Callater, Cystopteris montana in, 26. 
Glen Islay, Ferns found in, 5, 26. 
Glen Lochay, Cystopteris montana in, 26. 
Glen Lyon, Cystopteris montana in, 26. 
Glen Proven, Forfarshire, Polypodium flexile in, 
170. 
Gloucestershire, Ferns found in, 105, 166, 167. 
Glouin Caragh, Kerry county, and Trichomanes 
A ndrewsii, 13. 
Glyder Vawr, Ferns found on, 115, 139. 
Gold and silver ferns, qt, 173. 
Golden-locks, a name for Poly Podium vulgar e, 165. 
Golden Maidenhair, 93, 165. 
Gordon, Mr. James, 27, 40. 
Gothland, Ferns found in, 116, 140. 
Gram i tie cp , or Grasses, xxiv. 
Grammitidcce , tribe of Polypodiacece y xiii. ; distri- 
bution of, xvii. 
Granada, Ferns found near, 39, 174. 
Grande fongire femelle , a French name for the 
Bracken, 38. 
Grasses, Economic properties of, xxiv. 
Gray, Prof. Asa, 61, 96. 
Great Bindweed, or Convolvulus sepium y 84. 
Greece, Ferns found in, 24, 45, 53, 90, 97, 103, 105, 
108, 109, 1 12, 1 19, 135, 137, 140, 150, 156, 168, 
x 73 
Greeks, The, and the a-t-p.^vTov, xxvii. 
Greenland, Ferns found in, 6, 63, 90, 1 66, 168. 
Greenland. Sub-arctic, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Green Spleenwort, 82, 88 — 91 ; varieties of, 89 ; 
geographical distribution of, 89, 90. 
Grimm, and Bracken folk-lore, 35. 
Ground Fern, a name for Lastrea Thelypteris , 149. 
Groundsel, The Commoiij 56. 
Guatemala, Ferns found in, 18, 40, 64, 80, 93. 
Gubernatis, Professor De, and Bracken folk lore, 34. 
Guernsey, Ferns found in, 99, 106, 132. 
Guiana, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Guinea Coast, Adder’s Tongue near, 183. 
Gymnogramma , Genus of, xiii., 51, 91, 171, 173. 
G. calomelanos, 173. 
G. cluerophylla, 173. 
G. ch rysophylla , 173. 
G. leptophylla , an annual fern, iii., 173 ; distri- 
bution of, xvii., 173; description of, 173, 174 
G. 1‘utcpfolia , 174. 
G. sulphurea , 173. 
G. tartarea , 173. 
G. Pozoi, 174. 
Hampshire, and the Adder’s Fern, 73, 165. 
Hampstead Heath, The Haid Fern found on, 69, 
1 12 ; the Osmunda formerly found on, 179. 
Hampton Court, Ferns found at, 20, J12, 136. 
Hard Fern, dimorphism of, vi., 57 ; and the Parsley 
Fern, 58 ; and Lo maria, 64 ; and Blechnum 
Spicant , 69—7 1, 145 ; localities of, 71 ; in Ire- 
land, 72 ; virtues of, 73. 
Hare’s-foot Fern, or Davallia catiariensis, iii., 19 ; 
description of, 20; caudex of, 20 ; paleas of, iv. ; 
eremobryoid, iv. 
Hart, Mr., on ferns, 164. 
Hart’s-tongue, or Scolopendrium vulgare , 48, 65, 
71, 103, 127, 131 — 137; rachis of, v. ; sorus of, 
vii. ; medicinal properties of, xxvi., 100, 133 ; 
preservation of, xxxi ; Mr. T. Moore on, 
xxxix. ; and the English Maidenhair, 92 ; de- 
scription of, 131, 132 ; its wide distribution in 
England, 132 ; fronds of, 132 ; its various 
names in different localities, 132, 133 ; its sup- 
posed medicinal virtues, 133 ; its uses in Wales, 
133 ; Culpeper’s account of its remedial effects, 
133. x 34 I Langham's description of its useful 
qualities, 135 ; its topography, 135 ; its varieties, 
1 35, x 36 ; easy cultivation of, 136; sori on the 
upper surface of, 137. 
Hassetidean, Roxburghshire, Asplenium germa- 
nicum near, 115. 
Hawker, Rev. W. H., and Asplenium fontanum , 
103- 
Hay-scented Fern, 162. 
Hebrides, Ferns found in, 62, 99, 112, 178. 
H elmitithos tacky s, classification of, x. 
II. zeylanica y economic properties of, xxviii. 
Helston, Cornwall, Asplenium lanceolatum at, 105. 
Helvellyn, Ferns found at, 114, 115. 
H emionitis sterilis, Gerard’s description of, 136. j 
Herb Christopher, an old name for the Flowering 
Fern, 180. 
Herb Robert, and the English Maidenhair, 92, 129. 
Herefordshire Beacon, and the Parsley Fern, 62. 
Herefordshire, Ferns found in, 162, 164, 165, 167. 
Herrin’-bone Fern, a name for Blechnum , 73. 
Hesse, Woodsia ilvensis in, 6. 
Heston, Bracken folk-lore at, 34. 
Hewardia , genus of. and the Adiantums, 44. 
High Wycombe, Polypodium Robertianum near, 
167. 
Hildebrandt, and Trichomanes II il deb rand tii, 12. 
Himalaya Mountains, Ferns found on the, xv., 5, 
14, 24, 39, 40, 42, 51, 53, 60, 61, 80, 85, 103, 
1 19, 140, 166, 168, 172, 178, 183. 
Hindostan, North, Adiantum pedatum in, 42. 
Hind’s-tongue, 'Burner and Gerard’s description 
of, 133. 
Hispaniola, Davallia aculeata in, 19. 
“ Historia Filicum,” xxxvi. 
Hobkirk, Mr. C. P., and Osmunda regalis, 176. 
Hoffmann, and the Onoclea Struthiopteris, 2 ; 
and Black Maidenhair Spleenwort, 107. 
Holland, Ferns found in, 45, 108. 
Holly Fern, 139 ; and the Shield Fern, xxxi. ; 
locality of, 139, 140; description of, 140, 141. 
Holly type of leaf, Examples of the, 87, 88. 
Hong-kong, Ferns found in, 42, 76, 175, 178. 
Honister Crag, Ferns found at, 62, 114. 
Hooker, Sir Joseph, Woik by, xxxviii. 
Hooker, Sir W. J., on ferns, 5, 18, 24, 29, 44, 47, 
5L 55> 59“ 6i > 66, 76, 87, 90, no, 131, 142, 
161, 168 ; on fern species, 82 ; works by, on ferns, 
xxxv.; memorial of his unwearied labours, 
xxxv. ; Mr. John Smith and, xxxvii., xxxviii. 
Horn Head, Donegal, Ophioglossum lusitanicum 
on, 184. 
Horse-tails, Dr. Milde and, xxxiv. 
Horse-tails, or Equiseta, and the Mare’s-tail, 87. 
Horse-tongue, an old Dorsetshire name for the 
Hart’s Tongue, 133. 
Hudson, on various species of ferns, 13, 18, 88, 99, 
101, 102, 105. 
Hudson’s Bay territory, Ferns found in, 61, 187. 
Humata , description of, 19 
Hungary, Ferns found in, 6, 45, 63, 103, 108, 109, 
1 16, 129, 140, 156, 171 ; Bracken folk-lore in, 35. 
Huntingdonshire, Lastrea cristata in, 157. 
Hybridity among ferns, 91, 1:5, 137, 138. 
H ymenophyllacece , classification of, x., xi. ; distri- 
bution of, xvi. 
Hymenophyllecp , 16 ; venation of, v. ; genera of, 
xxxvi. 
Ilymenophyllum , growth of, iv. ; some without 
roots, iv. ; classification of, x. ; genus of 
H ymenophyllacece y xi. ; pot culture of, xxi. ; 
case for, xxii, ; genera of, xxxvi., xxxix., xli.; 
species of, and the Trichomanes , 16. 
H . can iiculatum , 16. 
H. cruentum , 16. 
H. multiflduniy description of, 16. 
H. parvifolium, size of, 12, 16. 
H . sericeum , description of, 16. 
H. tunbridgense , distribution of, xvi. ; Hooker 
and Baker and, xxxvi. ; description of, 16, 18 ; 
locality of, 17. 
II. unilaterale, 17, 18. 
//. IVilsoni, 14, 17, 18; description of, 18: 
locality of, xiv., xvi., 18 ; Hooker and Baker 
and, xxxvi. 
Iceland, Ferns found in, 6, 24, 92. 
Ilfracombe, Maidenhair in, 46. 
“Index Filicum,” Mr. Moore’s work on ferns, xl., 
2 3 ‘ 
India, Northern, Southern, and Peninsular, Ferns 
found in, xv., xvi., xxix., 4, 29, 39, 40, 46, 48, 
51, 52, 60, 61, 90, 92, toS, 129, 138, 140, 145, 178. 
Indian Archipelago, Use of the Water Fern as 
food in the, xxviii. 
Indusium, vii., xi. ; description of, vii. 
Insects, How to preserve fern specimens from the 
attacks of, xxxii. 
Internode , definition of, iii., iv. 
Inverness-shire, Ferns found in, 140, 170. 
Ireland, Ferns found in, xli., 14, 46, 48, 62, 90, 92, 99, 
107, 108, 1 19, 129, 132, 140, T45, 148, 150, 156, 
160, 162, 163, 166, 168, 178, 182, 184, 185. 
Irish Polypody, 165. 
Ischia, Ferns found in the island of, 39, 80. 
Isle of Man, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Isle of Wight, Hart’s Tongue in, 132, 133; Ground 
Fern in, 149. 
Isle Royale Lake Superior, Cryptogramme 
acrostichoides in, 61. 
Italy, Ferns found in, 3, 17, 23, 24, 39, 40, 45, 54, 
80, 90, 95, 103, 108, 109, 112, 1 14, 1 16, 1 19, 129, 
x 35j x 37> x 4°> x 49j x 57> x 66, 168, 173, 185, 187. 
Jackson, Dr., and Bracken folk-lore, 34. 
Jamaica, Ferns at Kew from, xxxvii. ; ferns found 
in, 17, 29, 44, 93, 99, 143. 
Jamieson, and the Bracken, 38. 
Japan, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 1, 6, 14, 27, 30, 
42, 46, 51, 66, 76, 85, 92, 124, 135, 163, 168, 175, 
178, 183, 187. 
Jardin des Plantes, Paris, Pteris cretica in, 41. 
Java, Ferns found in, xxviii., xxxvi., 8, 29, 39, 41, 
51, 52, 8o, 108. 
Jersey, Ferns found in, 95, 173, 184. 
Jerusalem Cowslip, or Pulmonaria officinalis , 83. 
Jerusalem, Ferns found in, 46, 53. 
Johanna Island, Trichoman s in, 14. 
Johnson, and Bog Asphodel, 49 ; and Forked 
Spleenwort, 113, 114. 
Juan Fernandez, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 64 
Jura, Ferns found on the, 24, 26. 
Kalm, and Adiantum pedatum , 48. 
Kamel, or Camelli, Father, and Woodwardia 
orientalis , 77, 78. 
Kamtschatka, Ferns found in, 3, 6, 7, 24, 26, 124, 
131, 160, 166, 168, 183, 185. 
Karabagh, Cheilanthes Szovitsii in, 54. 
Kashmir, Ferns found in, 108, 112, 114, 129, 149. 
Kelly, Mr., and Bracken folk-lore, 33. 
Kelso, Asplenium germanicum near, 115. 
Kent, Ferns found in, 17, 23, 105, 162. 
Kentucky, Mr. Williamson’s book on the Ferns of, 
xxxiv. 
Keogh, Mr., and the Maidenhair, 47, 48. 
Kerry, Ferns found in, 14, 17. 
Keswick, Asplenium fontanum at, 102. 
Kew Gardens, Tree-ferns at, iii. *, the Water Fern 
at, xxviii. ; herbarium at, xxxii . xxxiii , xxxv., 
xxxviii. ; Hooker and Smith, xxxvi., xxxvii. ; 
ferns found at, 41, 47, 49, 51, 52, 66—68, 76, 
81, 81, 102. 
Khasia, Cheilanthes ar gen tea in, 51. 
Killarney Fern, 12 — 15 ; James Bolton on the, 
xxxiv., xxxv. 
Killarney, Ferns found at, 13, 18, 90, 99, 162, 176. 
