General Index. 
*93 
Kiltorcan, Ireland, and geological specimens of 
ferns, xli. 
Kinsale, A splenirtm lanceolatum at, 105. 
Kippist, Mr., and Asplenium Hemionitis , 86. 
Kirk, Mr. T., and the Bracken, 30. 
Kirkcudbright, Scale Fern in, 129. 
Knitback, an old name of the Comfrey, xxvi. 
Knochlayd mountain, Antrim, The Oak Fern on, 
166. 
Kotzebue Sound, Lastrea spinulosa at, 159. 
Kumaon, English Maidenhair at, 92. 
Kunze, and ferns, xxxvi. 
Kuram Valley, Afghanistan, Ferns found in, 112, 
114, 116. 
Kyle, Peter, and nature-printed ferns, xl. 
Kyloe Crags, Northumberland, Asplenium ger- 
manicum at, 115. 
Labels for fern-specimens, xxxii. 
Labrador, Ferns found in, 6, 7, 26, 119, 166, 168, 178. 
Laciniata , or jagged Hart’s-tongue, 135. 
Lady Fern, iii., 117 — 123 ; preservation of, xxx. ; 
and Ray’s Filix minor longifolia, 108, 109 ; 
Sir W. Scott’s allusion to, 117; Parkinson on 
Filix fcemina , 118; its numerous varieties, 
117, 119, 120; description of, 118 ; geographi- 
cal range of, 119 ; varieties of, 119 — 123; 
“monstrous” forms of, 122; and Polypodium 
alpestre , 169. 
Lady's Bedstraw, 32, 49. 
Lady’s Smock, or Cardamine Pratensis, 74. 
Lake district, Ferns found in the, 62, 114, 155. 
Lake Superior, Ferns found near, 61, 140. 
Lamb-tongue, an old Somersetshire name for the 
Hart’s-tongue, 133. 
Lanark, Scale Ferns in, 129. 
Lancashire, Ferns found in, 18, 62, 70, 90, 155, 167. 
Land's End, Aspleyiuim lanceolatum at, 105. 
Lange, 47 ; and the Prichomanes , 14. 
Langham, and the virtues of Bracken, Maiden- 
hair, and other ferns, 31, 48, 93, 111, 134, 135, 
164 ; and the Adder’s-tongue, 182. 
Lajigue de been/, a French name for Bird’s-nest 
Fern, 85 ; for Hart’s Fern, 133. 
Layigue de cerf \ a French name for Hart’s-tongue, 
T 33 - 
Lapland, Ferns found in, 3, 5, 6, 30, 63, 71, 90, 92, 
119, 124, 140, 150, 159, 170,187. 
La Plata, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Lastrea , genus of, 119, 148 — 162; origin of the 
name, 148 ; and Poly podium alpestre , 169. 
L. a’yyiula, 146, 162 ; description and locality of, 
162. 
L. cristata, 157, 159 ; locality and description of, 
157 ; varieties of, 158. 
L . dilatata , 72, 148, 159 — 162 ; description and 
locality of, 160; varieties of, 161. 
L . erosa , 150, 154. 
L. Filix -mas, 146, 150— 155 ; description of, 151 ; 
distribution of, 152; Parkinson’s account of, 
152; and Polystichum aculeatjtm,ni. 
L,foenisecii , a name for L. amnia, 162. 
Z. montana, Moore’s name for Z. Oreopteris , 
* 5 °- 
L . Oreopteris , 149, 150; description and locality 
of, 150; varieties of, 151. 
L . remota, 148, 155 ; description and locality of, 
155 * 
L. rigid a, 112, 155— *57 : locality of, 155, 156; 
description of, 156; varieties of, 156, 157. 
Z. spinulosa, 148, 155 — 160; description of, 158, 
159 ; distribution of, 159. 
Z. Thelypteris , 148 — 150; description of, 148, 149 ; 
locality of, 149 ; signification of the specific 
name, 149. 
Launceston, Bracken folk-lore at, 34. 
Lazistan, Ferns found in, 173, 185. 
Lebanon, Cystopteris fragilis on, 24. 
Leitrim, The Oak Fern in, 166. 
Leptopteris , Case for, xxii. 
L'Heritier, and Dicksotiia Culcita, 11. 
Lhwyd, Mr., on ferns, 5, 46, 73. 
Lichens, examples of Thallophytes, ii. ; preserva- 
tion of, xxix. 
Lichfield Minster, Ferns found on, 123. 
Lightfoot, and English Maidenhair and other ferns, 
93, lot, 112, 133. 
Liliacece, Economic properties of, xxv. 
Lima: v agrestis, and ferns, xxiv. 
L.flava , and ferns, xxiv. 
Z. variegatus , and ferns, xxiv. 
Limerick, The 7 richomanes in, 14. 
Limestone Polypody, 167. 
Lincolnshire, Bracken folk-lore in, 32. 
Lindsay, Dr., and the prothallium , viii. 
Lindsayece, tribe of Polypodiacea , xii. 
Lingua cervina, or the Halt’s tongue, 133. 
Link, and ferns, xxxvi. 
Linnaeus on ferns, xxxvii., 2, 20, 23, 36, 52, 58, $9, 
74 — 76, 78, 82, 83, 86, 88, 89, 1 15, 1 18. 
Linnean Herbarium, Type-specimens of Asplenium 
Hemionitis in the, 86. 
Lip-fern, or Cheilanthes , 51, 52. 
Lisbon, Ferns found near, 20, 38, 86. 
Lithuania, Ferns found in, 170, 185. 
Liverworts, and the prothallium, viii. 
Livonia, The Moonwort in, 185. 
Llanberis, Ferns found at, 114, 115, 139. 
Llangollen, Asplenium viride near, 90. 
Llanrwst, Ferns found at, 114, 115. 
Lomaria , and Blechnum, genus of, 64 — 68 ; Mr. 
Moore on the distinction between Blechnum 
and, 64 ; species and distribution of, 64 -66. 
Z. attenuata , locality and description of, 64. 
Z. caudata, locality and description of, 65. 
Z. chilensis, locality and description of, 65. 
Z. Fraseri, locality and description of, 66. 
Z. gibba, locality, description, and cultivation of, 
66, 67. 
Z. Pater soni, locality and description of, 66. 
Z. Spicant , a name for Blechnum Spicant, 64. 
Z. volubilis, locality of, 66 ; Hooker on, 66. 
Lonchitis aspera , 69 ; a name for Blechnum, 73. 
Longleaf, a name of the Hart’s Fern in Hamp- 
shire, 132. 
Lonicer, and Asplenium Trichomanes , 93. 
Loo Choo Islands, YVoodwardia orientahs in, 76. 
Loomis, Mr. E. J., and Asplenium Trichomanes, 
96. ># 
Loosestrife, The Yellow, or Lysimachia vulgaris, 
84. 
Lords-and-Ladies, or Arum maculatum, 74. 
Lourea vespertilionis, 88. 
Loureiro, and the botany of Cochin China, 78. 
Louth, The Parsley Fern in, 62. 
Lowe, Mr. E. J., 42, 52, 78. 
Low Leyton, Cystopteris alpina at, 24. 
Loxsoma , New Zealand fern, xlii. 
Lucky-hands, 153. 
Lungwort, 83. 
Luzon, Philippine Islands, Father Kamel’s collec- 
tion of plants from, 77. 
Lycia, Ferns found in, 39, 53, 54. 
Lycopodiacece, or Club-mosses, xxxiv. 
Lyell, Mrs., Geographical Handbook of Ferns, xv., 
xl. 
Lygodictyon, economic value of, xxix. 
Lygodium , rachis of, iv. ; vernation of, vi. 
Z. articulatum, rachis of, iv., v. 
Z. scandens , rachis of, v. 
Lynton, North Devon, Ferns found near, 62, 114. 
Lyte, on the Bracken and Viper’s Bugloss, 
3 L 83. 
Mackay, Mr. J. T., and the Trichomanes , 14. 
Madagascar, Ferns in, xiv., 39, 42, 46 ; ferns from, 
82, 178. 
Madeira, Ferns in xiv. — xvi., xxxvii., 10, 11, 13, 
14, 17, 18, 20, 23, 38, 42, 46, 53, 71, 80, 86, 92, 
96, 99, 105, 108, 119, 129, 135, 145, 160, 162, 
171, 172, 183, 184. 
Madras, The Flowering Fern at, 178. 
Maidenhair, venation of, v. ; medicinal properties 
of, xxviii., 47 — 49, 133 ; the true, or Adiantum 
Capillus-veneris , 42 — 50 ; and the Bracken, 29 ; 
or Adiantum , 42—44 ; varieties of, 47 ; and 
Salisburia adiantifolia , 87. 
Maidenhair Spleenwort, 68, 82 ; French name of, 
. 93 - 
Maidenhair-tree, 87. 
Maine, YVoodwardia virginica in, 76. 
Maladetta, Pyrenees, YVoodsia Jiyperborea on, 5. 
Malaga, Ferns found near, 23, 39, 97. 
Malay Archipelago, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 39, 
40, 52. 
Malay Peninsula, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 19, 42, 
Si- 
Male Fern, 31, 151 — 155; description of, 150; dis- 
tribution of, 152 ; Parkinson’s account of its 
supposed properties, 152 ; Schkuhr’s account of 
the magical virtues of the rhizome of, 153 ; its 
anthelmintic properties, 153, 154 ; varieties of, 
154, J 55 > venation of, v. ; slow growth of the 
fronds of, v. ; sorus and indusium of, vii. ; 
folk-lore of, xxv. , 35 ; medicinal properties of, 
xxvi. ; preservation of, xxxi. 
Man, Isle of, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Manchester, l omaria gibba near, 66, 67. 
Mandrake, a name of the Bryony, 153. 
Mandschuria, Ferns found in, 1, 5, 42, 51, 149, 159, 
168, 175. 
Manilla, Strychnos Ignatii in, 78. 
Maoris, The, and Cyathea medullaris , iii. ; and 
Marattia fraxinea , xxvii. 
Marattiacea, classification of, xiii. 
Marattia fraxinea , economic properties of, xxvii. 
Marburg, Asplenium fontanum near, 103. 
Marquesas Isles, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Marsh Fern, book-name for Lastrea Thelypteris, 
iv., 149; rhizome of, xxxi. 
Mascarene Islands, Ferns found in, xiv., 64, 108, 
138, 183. 
Massachusetts, Woodw irdia angustifolia in, 76. 
Masson, Francis, on ferns, ir, 39, 52, 53, 80, 86; 
and ferns at Kew, xxxvii. 
Matlock, Asplenium fontanum near, 103. 
Mauritius, Ferns found in, xiv., 12, 17, 20, 39, 42, 
46, 85, 108, 178. 
McKenzie, Mr. G., on the Parsley Fern, 58. 
Mentone, Ferns found at, 40, 97. 
Menzies, and Cry/>to^ramme acrostichoides, 61. 
Merionethshire, Ferns found in, 17, 90, 103, 105. 
Merrett, and the Wall Rue, iii. 
Alertensia dichotoma, economic value of, xxix. 
Messina, Cheilanthes hispanica near, 54. 
Mettenius, Prof., and ferns, xxxvi., 118. 
Mexico, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 13, 14, 24, 39 
40, 42, 46, 51, 52, 68, 80, 93, 131, 135, 163, 175, 
183, 188. 
Middlesex, Asplenium viride in, 89; Scale Fern 
in, 129. 
AI id-rib . definition of, v. 
Milde, Dr., 5, 24, 51, 53, 54, 60 61, 86, 91, 95, 
97, 104, 109. 116, 117, 129, 137, 149, 155— 157, 
170, 185, 187 ; work by, on ferns, xxxiv. 
Miltwaste, or Ceterach officinarum, xxvi., 128. 
Minsheu, on the origin of the name Osmunda, 180. 
Mistletoe, 73, 74. 
Moffat, l Foods i a ilvensis near, 6. 
Mohria thurifragra, medicinal properties of, xxix.; 
scent of, 53. 
Mondego River, Cheilanthes hispanica near, 54. 
Mongolia, Ferns found in, xxviii., 5. 
Monmouth, Asplenium viride in, 89. 
“ Monstrous” forms of the Lady Fern, 122. 
Mont Cenis, YVoodsia hyperborea on, 5. 
Montpellier, Asplenium Petrarcha at, 97. 
Montreal, English Maidenhair at, 03. 
Mont St. Gothard, JVoodsia hyperborea on, 5. 
Moon, Mr. Alexander, and Kew, xxxvii. 
Moonwort, and the Parsley Fern, 58 ; vernation 
of, i., vi. ; folk-lore of, xxv., 183 ; preservation 
of, xxxi. ; description of, 185 ; Parkinson. 
Coles, Culpeper, and others on the supposed 
magical properties of, 186, 187 ; easy cultiva- 
tion of, 187. 
Moore, Dr., on ferns, 15. 
Moore, Mr. T., on anastomosing venation, v. ; 
works by, xxxix., xl., 22 ; on ferns, 23, 43, 44, 
47, 60, 64, 70, 71, 89, 95, 99, 100, 103 — 106, 109, 
no, 115, 117, 118, 120, 122, 129, 135, 138, 141, 
143, 145, 151, 154, 155, 159, 160, 162, 165, 166, 
169, 180. 
Moravia, Species of Asplenium in, 91, 97. 
Morea, Ptetis longifolia in, 39. 
Morocco, Ferns found in, 20, 53, 92, 99, 137, 173, 
184. 
Mosses, the humblest of Vascular Cryptogams, ii. 
Moulmein, Ferns found in, 16, 42. 
Mountain Fern, The, 151. 
Mount Etna, Ferns found on, 24, 80. 
Mount Olympus, The Parsley Fern on, 63. 
Mount Taurus, Cheilanthes Szovitsii on, 54. 
Mount Taygetus, and Aspidium tayge tense , 24. 
Mount Vesuvius, Cheilanthes fragra?is on, 53. 
Mourne Mountain plant, The 108, 109. 
Mull, H ymenophyllum tunbridgense in, 17. 
Murcia, Asplenium Petrarchan at, 97. 
“ Museum Britannicum,” The, 8. 
Naples, Ferns found near, 39, 80, 103. 
Narbonne, Maidenhair at, 48. 
Nardostachys Jatamansi , and the Blechnum , 75. 
Narthecium ossifragum , 49. 
Natal, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 4, 24, 27, 42, 46, 
108, 1 19, 149. 
“Nature-printed British Ferns,’’ References to and 
quotations from, xxxix., xl., 22, 23, 47, 104, 105, 
. XI 9 » I 35 , I 43 > * 47 . I 5 L *80. 
Neilgherries, Ferns found on the, 92, 119, 173, 178. 
Nepaul, and the Nephrolepis tuberosa , xxvii. 
Nephrodium, Genus of, 148. 
N. Filix-mas, caudex of, iii. 
N. Thelypteris, subterranean stem of, iv. 
Nephrolepis, Genus of, 147. 
N. tuberosa , economic properties of, xxvii. 
Neuropleris , genus of coal-ferns, xliii. 
New Brunswick, The Lady Fern in, 119. 
New Caledonia, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., xxvii., 
46, 66, 85. 
New Forest, Uses of Bracken in, 31 ; the Snake 
Fern in, 73. 
Newfoundland, Ferns found in, 90, 119, 166, 168, 
178, 185. 
New Granada, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 175, 187. 
New Guinea, Species of Ferns in, xv., xvi. 
New Hebrides, Species of ferns in, xv., xvi. 
Newman, Mr., on ferns, 5, 12, 13, 29, 45, 62,89, 
97, 99, 100, 103, 104, 114, 118, 120, 156, 164, 
169, 170, 176, 185 ; works by, on ferns, xxxix. 
