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CONTENTS. 
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SECTION I.- Continued. 
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VI. The Maidenhair .... 156 
VII. The Annual Maidenhair . . 161 
VIII. The Mountain Parsley Fern . . 163 
IX. The Bristle Fern .... 167 
X. The Moonwort .... 1 71 
XI. The Adders-tongue . . . 173 
XII. The Little Adders-tongue . . 176 
SECTION II. 
FERN GROUPS. 
Fern Groups 
181 
Chap. I. The Polypodies 
185 
II. The Shield Ferns . 
203 
III. The Bladder Ferns 
215 
IV. The Woodsias 
225 
V. The Buckler Ferns 
231 
VI. The Spleen worts . 
255 
VII. The Filmy Ferns . 
285 
L’Envoi .... 
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291 
KEY TO FRONTISPIECE. 
1. Scaly Spleemvort. 2. Sea Spleenwort, (frond.) 3. Common Maidenhair 
Spleenwort, (frond.) 4. Black Maidenhair Spleenwort, (frond.) 5. Lanceolate 
Spleenwort, (frond.) 6. Rue-leaved Spleenwort, (portion of frond.) 7. Forked 
Spleenwort, (frond.) 8. Lady Fern, (branch of frond.) 9. Soft Prickly Shield 
Fern, (branch of frond.) 10. Tunbridge Filmy Fern, (frond.) 11. Maidenhair, 
(portion of frond.) 12. Male Fern, (branch of frond.) 13. Prickly-toothed 
Buckler Fern, (branch of frond.) 14. Marsh Buckler Fern, (branch of frond.) 
15. Hay-scented Buckler Fern, (branch of frond.) 16. Mountain Buckler 
Fern, (branch of frond.) 17. Common Polypody, (frond.) 18. Mountain Poly- 
pody, (small leaflet of frond.) 19. Three-branched Polypody, (pair of leaflets 
on branch of frond.) 20. Hard Fern, (barren frond.) 21. Royal Fern, (leaflet 
of branch of barren frond.) 22. Moonwort, (leaflet of barren frond.) 23. Adders- 
tongue, (barren frond and seed-bearing spike.) 24. Bracken, (portion of frond.) 
25. Brittle Bladder Fern, (branch of frond.) 26. Broad Buckler Fern, (small 
branch of frond.) 
