GENERAL INDEX AND GLOSSARY. 
Acuminate, taper pointed. 
Adnate, connected for some distance. 
Adpressed, lying close alongside. 
Adventitious buds, buds produced in abnormal positions. 
Anastomosing, uniting so as to form a network. 
Areolae, the spaces enclosed by anastomosing veins. 
Arista, a bristle point. 
Articulated, having a distinct joint. 
Ascending, with the point tending upward. 
Atherstone, Dr., of Grahamstown. 
Attenuate, drawn out to a long point. 
Auricle, an ear-like lobe, generally at the base of a pinnule. 
Baker, John Gilbert, F.R.S., F.L.S. ... ... ... ... ... 23 
,, in Annals of Botany ... ... ... ... ... 23 
,, Handbook of Fern Allies ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 
Barkly, Lady, revised list of Cape ferns ... ... ... .. ..21,24 
Bergins, C. W., see “ Plantarum Capensium descriptiones ex Schedes 
Bergianis,” in Linnsea, Yol. 1., Berol. 1826, pp. 250-258, by 
Schlechtendal ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 
Bergins, P. J., “ Descriptiones Plantarum e Capite Bonae Spei, Holmiae, 
1767,” and Act. Petrop. 1782 ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 
Bkr., J. G. Baker ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 
Bi-pinnate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Bolus, H., F.L.S., Cape Town ... ... ... ... ... 27 
Bory de St. Vincent. 
Bracts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 241 
Brehm, Dr., resided in Uitenhage .. ... ... ... ... 35 
Browning, Novara Expedition. 
Br., or R. Br., R. Brown, mostly in Prod. Flor. Nov. Holland. 
Buchanan, Rev. John, revised list of Natal Ferns ... ... ... 21, 25 
Buds ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . ... 8 
Burchell, W. J 18 
,, Geographical Catalogue ... ... ... ... ... 23 
Burke, travelled with Zeyher in Transvaal ... ... ... ... 19 
Capsule ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...1,5, 9 
Candex, a tree-like stem. 
