GLOSSARY. 
Acuminate, tapering to a point. 
Acute, sharp pointed. 
Alternate, (see page 4.) 
Awl-shaped, tapering to a fine point from a 
broad base. 
Beaded, with the edges curved in so as to 
make the part seem like a bead or ball. 
Bi-f twice ; bi-pinnate, twice pinnate. 
Cleft, gashed deeply. 
Concave, curving inwards. 
Cut, (see page 3.) 
Deltoid, three-cornered, with the sides of 
equal length. 
Distant, separated from each-other. 
Divided, (see page 3.) 
Elliptical, oblong, with the. ends gradually 
rounded. 
Entire, with a smooth, unbroken margin. 
Epidermis, the outer skin of the frond. 
Erect, standing straight, not bent over nor 
creeping. 
Eertile, fruit-bearing. 
Eree, not united with other veins or veinlets. 
Genus, a group of different but related 
species. 
Glandular, having protuberances or de- 
pressions which secrete a sticky fluid. 
Glaucous, covered with a white powder, 
which rubs off easily. 
Gramtlar, covisred with small grains or 
loose, rough bodies. 
Halbert-shaped, shaped like the head of a 
spear, with two prongs at the base point- 
ing outwards. 
Buiu,sium, (see page 4.) 
Involucre, (see page 4.) 
Lacerate, deeply and irregularly cut along 
the edge. 
Lanceolate, shaped like an egg, but with 
the small end tapering to a point. 
Linear, three or more times longer than 
wide and with parallel sides. Ex., a 
grass leaf. 
Lobe, (see page 3.) 
Midrib, (see page 3.) 
Oblong, not three times as long as wide, and 
with (nearly) parallel side's. 
Ob ovate, shaped like an egg'^with the little 
end down (when the leaf is held upright). 
Obtuse, with a rounded or blunt point. 
Opposite, (see page 4.) 
Oval, shaped like an egg, but both ends of 
equal size. 
Ovate, egg-shaped, with the large end down. 
Panicle, an irregularly branched flower- 
cluster. 
Bar ted, (see pago 3.) 
Petiole, the stem of a leaf. 
Pinna, fivoc?! pinnce, (see page 3.) 
Pinnule, (see page 3.) 
Proliferous, with branches arising from 
branches. 
Prothallium, (see page 2.) 
Pubescent, with short or long hairs. 
Quadri-, four times. 
Rachis, (see page 3.) 
Recurved, curved over upon itself. 
Resinous, with waxy dots. 
Rootstock, what passes for the root in ferns 
is really an under-ground stem, and is 
called by this name. 
Scales, thin and papery or leathery bodies, 
like chaff, that clothe the rootstock and 
often the fronds of ferns. 
Serrate, (see page 3.) 
Sessile, without a stalk, and so attached 
directly to the place of support. 
Smooth, with an even surface, without, 
roughness. 
Species, the name applied to each kind of 
ferns or any plants that have the same 
chai'acteristics. 
Spike, with the fruit or flowers situated 
along a common stalk and devoid of a 
stalk of their own. 
Spore (see page 2); Spore-case, (see page 3.) 
Stellate, star-shaped. 
Sterile, barren, without fruit. 
Stipe, (see page 3.) 
Strice, fine parallel lines. 
Tawny, dirty white or brown. 
Ternale, divided in threes. 
Toothed, (see page 3.) 
Triangular , three-cornered. 
Tri-, three times, thrice. 
Truncate, ending abruptly, as if cut square 
across. 
Tufted, growing in bunches. 
Typical, the form of a species upon which 
the original description was based, and 
distinct from the descriptions of varie- 
ties afterwards discovered. 
Veins, (see page 3.) 
. Veinlets, (see page 3), little veins. 
Viscid, sticky, like molasses. 
Wing, a thin or papery appendage, attached 
like the feather to an arrow. 
Woolly, with long, twisted, matted hairs. 
