A BBRE VIA TIONS. 
tggp’The following is a list of abbreviations of some of the authorities for 
the names of Ceylon Ferns : — 
A. Br. — A. Braun, 
Bernh.— Bernhardi ; 
Bl. — Blume ; 
Brong. — Brongnihart ; 
Desv. — Hesvaux ; 
H ry . — D ryander. 
Forst. — Forster. 
Hk. — Hooker. 
Ilk. and G-r. — Hooker and Greville. 
Kaulf . — Kaulf us . 
Kze. — Kunze. 
Lab. — Labillardiere. 
Lam.— Lamarck. 
Linn. — Linneus. 
Mett. — Mettenius. 
R. Br. — Robert Brown. 
Rich. — Richard. 
S chlecht . — S chlech tendahl . 
Spr. — Sprenghel. 
Sw. — Swartz. 
Thunb. — Thunberg. 
Thw. — Th waites. 
Wall.— Wallich. 
Willd. — Willdenow 
V. D. B. — Van Hen Bosh. 
The letters “ C. P.” and “ 1. c.” in the following pages, it must be noted, 
stand for “ Ceylon Plants” and “in loco citato” (that is, in the place cited) re- 
spectively. 
List of Abbreviations of Words of Frequent Occurrence in the “Synopsis 
Filicum.” 
Botanical Terms. 
CVra^.=caudex, from which arises the frond or stipes. 
$£.=stipes, or stipites, which support the frond. 
AV.=frond, or fronds. 
PiMwZ.=pinnule, or pinnules. 
/%uoZ.=involucre, by many botannists called indusium. 
AeceyA==receptacle, that which bears the sori or capsules ; prominent in most 
Cyatheoe ; elongated and columnar, or even bristle-shaped, in Hymen ophyllum and 
Trickomanes. 
C«p$.=capsule, or capsules. 
Segmi= segment, segments, or lobes ; often used indifferently ; but a segment 
generally indicates a deeper or more elongated lobe. 
Prm.=primar'y, or first division of a compoundly pinnate or pinnatifid frond ; 
thus prim, div., or prim, pinna or pinnl. 
$gcow^.=secondary • the second principal division, or pinna, of a frond. 
Measures of Length. 
Ft.— foot, or feet. 
p 2 .=inch, or inches. 
lin.= line, l-12th of an inch. 
Z.=long ; thus, 1 in. 1., 1 ft. 1. 
w. fo\=wide or broad ; thus, 1 line w. or 1 in. br. 
