General Index. 
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Radicantes, group of Maidenhair Ferns, 42. 
1 \ amenta, definition of, iv. 
Rare plants, Loss of, 125. 
Ray, on ferns, 17, 18, 48, 73, 77, 78, 93, ioo, 107, 
I 33 » ^36. 
Ray Society, 73. 
Ray’s “ Synopsis,” 13. 
Receptacle , definition of, vi. 
Redhead, Mr. R. M., 102, 103. 
Red-Rattle, and Woodsia Jiyperborea, 5. 
Reeves, Mr. John, and the Scythian lamb, 10. 
Renfrew, Ferns found in, 17, 129, 157. 
Reproduction, Mode of, viii. , ix. 
Rhizome of the Male Fern, 153. 
Rhizomes, or stems, iii. 
Ribeiro Frio, Woodward ia rad leans on, 80. 
Richardson, Dr., 6, 13. 
Richardson, Sir John, and Cryptogramme acrosti • 
choides, 61. 
Rickets, The Wall Rue a specific for, iii, 112. 
Rietz, and the Bracken, 37. 
Rio Janeiro, The Trichomaties in, 14. 
Rock Brakes, a book-name for Parsley Fern, 59. 
Rocky Mountains, Ferns found on, xv., xvi., 6, 7, 
26, 61, 90, 119, 157, 166. 
Rootsey, Mr., and the Comfrey, xxvi. 
Rosa canina , species of, xxxvi. 
Ross-shire, Polystichum Lonchitis in, 140. 
Roth, 117. 
Rough Spleenvvort, 69. 
Roxburghshire, Ferns found in, 114. 145. 
Royal Fern, or Snake Fern, iii., 73 ; fructification 
of, vii. ; medicinal properties of, xxvi. 
Rubus fruticosus, 56 ; species of, xxxvi. 
Rue, The Common ; its medicinal properties, iii. 
Rue-leaved Saxifrage, 92. 
Ruscus aculeatus , Semblance of flowers on leaves 
of, i. 
Russia, Ferns found in, 3, 5, 6, 24, 90, 114, 119, 
140, 157 ; Bracken folk-lore in, 32, 34. 
Rusty-back, and Ceterach officinarum , 83 ; a 
name for the Scale Fern, 128. 
Rymsdyk, John and Andrew von, and the Scythian 
lamb, 8. 
S. Miguel, Azores, Dicksonia Culcita at, 11. 
S. Roque, Davallia canariensis at, 20. 
St. Helena, Ferns found in, xiv., 8, 108, 183. 
St. Ignatius’s Bean, or Strychnos Ignatii , and 
Kamel, 78. 
St. John’s Eve, and the Bracken, 32 — 34. 
“St. John's-hands,” 153. 
St. John’s-root, 153. 
St. Knighton’s Kieve, The Trichomaties at, 14. 
St. Michael Island, Wood wa rd ia rcut leans Brownn 
in, 80. 
St. Michael’s Mount, Asplenium lanceolatum at, 
1 ? 5 * 
St. Vincent, Bory de, and Ptens longifolia , 40. 
Sach’s Text-book, 79. 
Saddleback, Asplenium fontanum at, 102. 
Sagittaria sagittifolia , reason for the name, 75. 
Salisburia (or Ginkgo ) adanti/olia , and the 
Maidenhair Fern, 87. 
Salop, Ferns found in, 18, 62, 162, 167 ; Bracken 
folk-lore in, 32. 
Salpichhena , and Blechuutn volubile, 67. 
Salvia , genus of, 83. 
•S’. Vitie , L’Obel’s name for the Wall Rue, 
112. 
Salzburg Alps, Allosorus crispus on, 61. 
“Samanbaya,” or Mertenda dichotoma , xxix. 
Sandwich Islands, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 29, 46, 
93 ; and the Pulu, xxix., 10. 
Sanicula europtea , Healing properties of, 83. 
San Miguel, Dicksonia Culcita in, 11. 
Santa Anna, Plateau of, Woodwardia radicans 
on, 80. 
Sardinia, Ferns found in, 5, 40, 53, 96. 
Saskatchawan, Woodsia Jiyperborea at the, 5. 
Saxony, Ferns found in, 17, 91. 
Scale Fern, or Ceterach , 82, 83, 92, 125 — 130 ; its 
use as bait in North Wales, 126 ; the original 
Spleenwort, 126; its English names, 128; 
description of, 128 ; its size, 129 ; locality and 
varieties of, 129. 
Scaly Spleenwort, or Ceterach officinarum , 48, 
1 13 ; and the English Maidenhair, 92. 
Scandinavia, Ferns found in, 6,26, 103, 119, 157, 
168 ; and the etymology of Bracken, 37. 
Scawfell, Forked Spleenwort at, 114. 
Scheuchzeria , and the two Scheuchzers. 59. 
Schizoeacece , classification of, xiii. 
Schkuhr on the so-called magical properties of the 
Male Fern, 153. 
Schott, and ferns, xxxvi. 
Schousbee, and Cheilanthes hisPanica, 54. 
Schuylkill River, Ferns found near, 91. 
Scilly Islands, The Adder’s-tongue in, 183. 
Scinde, Cheilanthes Szovitsii in, 55. 
Scolopendriu e, tribe of Polypodiaceie, xiii. ; dis- 
tribution of, xvii. 
Scolopendrium , genus of, xiii., 85, 131. 
S. Douglasii , description and locality. 131. 
S. H emionitis , 131 ; distribution of, xvii. ; and 
Asplenium H emionitis , 85, 86, 137 j locality 
and description of, 137, 138. 
6'. hybrid um , 137. 
•S’. pinnatuniy 131. 
S. vulgare , 71, 92, 131 — 136 ; distribution of, 
xvii.; medicinal properties of, xxvi., 100; 
varieties of, xxxix. ; and the Maidenhair. 48 ; 
and Camptosorus rhizophyllus , 65 ; its easy 
cultivation, 131 ; venation of the fronds. 131 ; 
development of the sori, 131 ; viviparous cha- 
racter of, 146. 
Scotland, Ferns found in, xli., 18, 23, 31, 58, 62, 
90,150, 157, 161, 166,170, 182; Bracken folk- 
lore in, 32. 36. 
Scott, Sir Walter, and the Lady Fern, 117 ; and the 
Flowering Fern, 176, 177. 
Scythian lamb, and Dicksonia Barometz , Dr. 
Breyne’s description of, 8, 9 ; Darwin and the 
Sieur du Bartas on, 10. 
Sea Holly, or Eryngium maritimuni , 87. 
Sea Spleenwort, 98 ; description of, 98 ; locality of, 
99 ; its cultivation, 100 ; its medicinal pro- 
perties, 100. 
Seaweeds, examples of Thallophytes, ii. 
Seemann, Dr., and the Balabala, xxix. 
Segment , definition of, v. 
Seiser Alp, Ferns found on the, 5, 7. 
Selaginella helvetica , use of, xxii. 
Semilacerum, or the Irish Polypody, 165. 
Setiecio, numerous species of. 56. 
Serra de Cintra, Ferns found at, 20, 38. 
Shady-bracken, a name for the Bracken, 38. 
Shakespeare, on the Bracken, 32. 
Shepherd, Mr., and Asplenium fontatiuniy 103. 
Sherard, and Asklenium Trichomaties , 95. 
Shetland Isles, Ferns found in, 18, 90, 99, 178. 
Shield Fern, and the Holly Fern, xxxi. 
Shield Ferns, 139 — 147. 
Shropshire, Ferns found in, 62, 162, 167 ; Bracken 
folk-lore in, 32. 
Siberia, Ferns found in, 3, 6, 25, 30, 46, 51, 52, 61, 
63, 66, 90, 92, 108, 1 12, i4o t 156, 163, 166 168, 
. . i8 7 * 
Sicily, Ferns found in, 24, 39, 40, 45, 71, 80, 97, 99, 
1 14, 116, 156, 173. 
Sierra Nevada Ferns in, 24, 45 63, 90, 156. 
“ Signatures,” The doctrine of, 83. 
Sikkim, Onoclea orientalis , native of, 1. 
Silesia, Ferns found in, 6, 115. 
Silver Ferns, 173. 
Sim, and the Cystopteris Dickie ana, 23. 
Simla, Ferns found in, 80, 119. 
Sinai, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Sitka, Ferns found in, 61, 71, 90, 163, 166, 170. 
Skipton Castle, Asplenium fontanutn at, 103. 
Slieve Bingian Island, The Parsley Fern on, 63. 
Sligo, Maidenhair in, 46. 
Sloane Herbarium, British Museum, Ferns found 
in, 13, 14, 77, 81. 
Sloane, Sir Hans, and the Sloane Herbarium 
British Museum, 77. 
Smith, Mr. John, on eremobryoid and desmobryoid 
ferns, iv. ; on anastomosing venation, v. ; on 
Brazilian ferns, xxxvi. ; his contributions to 
fern literature, xxxvi. ; and the ferns at Kew, 
xxx vii., xxxviii. ; on various species of ferns, 
10, 41, 51, 52, 67, 85, 95, 122. 
Smith, Sir J. E., on various species of ferns, 5, 23, 
76, 101, 102, 180. 
Snake Fern, a name for the Hard and Royal Ferns, 
73 - 
Snowdon, Ferns found on, 14. 62, 139. 
Society Isles, Ferns found in the, xv., xvi., 
xxviii. 
Solomon Isles, Ferns found in the, xv., xvi. 
Somersetshire, Ferns found in, 17, 46, 62, 70, 105, 
114, 115, 129, 156, 162, 167. 
Sorrento, Woodwardia radicals at, 80. 
Sorusy definition of, vi., vii. 
South Africa, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., xxix., 
xxxvii. ,18, 40, 109, 112, 145, 163, 175, 182. 
South America, Ferns found in, 4, 24, 40, 66, 173. 
Southern Europe, Ferns found in, 24, 157. 
Southey, and the Parsley Fern, 62. 
South Germany, Ferns found in, 155, 156. 
South Kensington, National herbarium at, xxxviii. 
Spain, Ferns found in, xiv., 20, 24, 39, 45, 53, 54, 
63, 71, 80, 90, 96, 103, 105, 108, 109, 1 12, 1 14, 
119, 129, 135, 137, 140, 150, 157, 166, 168, 
171-174,185. 
“ Species Filicum,” Hooker’s work on ferns, 
xxxv., 29, 142, 161. 
Specific names of natural objects, 74. 
Specimens of ferns, Size of, xxxi., xxxii. 
Spermatozoidsy definition of, viii. 
Sphagnum, use of, xxii. 
SphenoptetiSy genus of coal-ferns, xliii. 
Spleenwort, or Asplenium, a name for the Scale 
Fern, 128 ; its medicinal qualities, xxvi , 126, 
133 ; original locality of, 126. 
Spleenworts, The, 82. 
Sporangia , definition of, vi., vii. 
Spores , definition of, vi. 
Spotted Orchis, preservation of, xxix. 
Spruce, Mr., and the Dicksonia Sellowiana , 8. 
Stachys pains tris , medicinal properties of, xxvi. 
Staffordshire, Ferns found in, 18, 70, 90, 167 ; 
Bracken folk-lore in, 33, 35. 
Stag’s-horn Fern, or Platycenum alcicorticy xxxvii. 
Stangeria paradoxa , and the Filicince , 87. 
Stansfield, Mr., and the Hard Fein, 70. 
Stem, structure of, iii. ; no wood formed in, iv. 
Stemmatopteris , extinct group of ferns, xliii. 
Stipes , description of, iv. 
Stirlingshire, Ferns found in, 17, 140. 
Stitchwort, or Stellaria Ilolostea, 74. 
Stonecrops, preservation of, xxx. 
Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Asplenium fonta- 
num near, 103. 
Struthiopteris , and Onoclea sensibilis , 1 ; and the 
Parsley Fern, 58. 
6*. germanica, Wildenow’s name for Onoclea 
Struthiopteris , 2. 
S. Pennsylvania, American name for Onoclea 
Struthiopteris , 3. 
Struys, Jean, ar.d the Scythian lamb, 8, 9. 
Strychnos Ignatii , 78. 
Styria, Ferns found in, 24, 63, 116. 
Sudetes mountains, Moravia, Cystopteris sudeiica 
on the, 25. 
Suffolk, Lastrea cristata in, 157. 
Sumatra, Ferns found in, xxviii., 10. 
<rvfjL(f>vToi’, or Comfrey, xxvii. 
Sundews, circinate vernation of, i. 
Surflet, and Bracken folk-lore, 33, 34. 
Surrey, Ferns found in, 89, 96, 103 ; Bracken foik- 
lore in, 36. 
Sussex, Ferns found in, 17, 89, 99, 105, 162 ; 
Bracken folk-lore in, 36, 38, 73. 
Sutherlandshire, Ferns found in, 140, 170. 
Swabia, Bracken folk-lore in, 33. 
Swanage Cave, Asplenium fontanutn at, 103. 
Swan River, Gj mnogramma leptophylla at, 173. 
Swartz, and Pteris serraria, 41. 
Sweden, Ferns found in, 3, 5, 63 90, 114, 124, 140, 
145, 170 ; and the etymology of Bracken, 37. 
Sweet-scented Fern, a name for Dicksonia puncti- 
m lobulay 53. 
Switzerland, Ferns found in, 45, 5?, 63, 103, 105, 
108, 140, 156, 173, 187 ; uses of the Bracken in, 
3 ** 
Symphytum , or the Comfrey, etymology of, 83. 
S. officinale, medicinal properties of, xxvi. 
“Synopsis Filicum/' Hooker and Baker’s, xiv., 
xxxv. — xxxvii., 5, 14, 17, 24, 27, 42, 47, 53, 60, 
64, 82, 97, 116, 148, 155, 163, 175, 182, 187. 
“ Synopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum,” iii. 
Syria, Ferns found in, 24, 39, 53, 108, 137, 172. 
Szovitz, and Cheilanthes Szovitsii , 54. 
Tangiers, Ferns found in, 20, 86, 99, 105. 
Tannahill, on the Bracken, 32. 
Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire, Asplenium fon- 
tanum near, 103. 
Tapeworm, The Male Fern a remedy for, 153, 154. 
Tarifa, Davallia canariensis at, 20. 
Tartarean lamb, Dicksonia Barometz , 8 — io, 
Tasmania, Ferns found in, xv., xvi., 24, 93, 173, 
185. 
lauria, Ferns found in, 140, 172. 
Teesdale, Ferns found at, 6, 25, 102, 140. 
Teesdale, Mr., and the Trichomaties, 14. 
Teneriffe, Ferns found in, xiv., 11, 14, 20, 38, 80, 86, 
172. 
Tent wort, or Asplenium R uta-mura ria , xxvi., hi. 
Tertiary divisions , definition of, v. 
Tertiary strata, Ferns found in the, xliv. 
Thalictrutn saxatile , and the Maidenhair, 46. 
Thallophytes, lower group of Cryptogamia, ii. 
ThalluSy cellular structure of Thallophytes , ii. 
Thamnopteris, species of, 85. 
Thirsk, Davallia Novce-Zelandice found near, 20. 
Thomson, on ferns, 168. 
Threlkeld, and the Hard Fern, 73; and the Wall 
Rue, iii ; and PolyPodium vulgare , 165. 
Thunberg, and the Bracken, 30. 
Thuringia, Bracken folk-lore in, 35. 
Thurm, Everard im, and the Trichomaties , 14. 
Tibet, Ferns found in, 54, 112, 129. 
Tineo, and Cheilanthes hispanica , 54. 
Tipperary, The Trichomaties in, 14. 
Titterstone Clee Hill, Salop, The Parsley Fern 
on, 62. 
Todaro, and Cheilanthes Tinoeiy 54. 
Todea, genus of, 175. 
T, barbara, 175. 
