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The Ferns of South Africa. 
Involucre ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 
Involute, rolled inward. 
Involved, rolled inward. 
Kaffrarian District ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 
Karroo ... . ... ... ... ... ... 28 
Klf., Kaulfuss Enumeratio Filicum. 
Key to the Orders and Genera ... ... ... ... ... 36 
Krauss, Dr. F., collection .. ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 
Kuhn, Filices African® ... ... . . ... ... ... ... 20 
Kze., Prof. Kunze, of Leipzic. 
Kze. Linn., Kunze in Linn®a ... ... ... ... .. ... 19 
Kunze, Die Farrnkreuter in Colorirten Abbildungen ... ... ... 19 
Laciniated, much cut. 
Lamina, the green leafy part of a frond. 
Lanceolate, lance shaped. 
Lax, scattered, or thinly placed. 
Ligulate, strap shaped. 
Linear, long and narrow, and of equal width. 
L. or Linn., Linnaeus ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 
Linn®a ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19, 23 
Linn. Sp. PL, Linnaeus, Species Plantarum. 
Linn. Syst. Veg., Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, 1774. 
Lowe, Ferns, British and Exotic ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 
Macrospores, the larger kind of spores among Fern Allies. 
Marginal, along the margin. 
M‘ Ken’s Ferns of Natal ... ... ... ... ... 20 
Membranaceous, thin like a membrane. 
Mett., Mettenius ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 
Microspores, the smaller kind of spores among Fern Allies. 
Milde, Filices Europe®, and Monograph of Equisetum ... 240 
Moore’s Index Filicum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 
Mueller, Baron Ferd., Second Census of Australian Plants ... ... 34 
Mund and Maire ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 
Naked, without scales. 
Oates’ Matebeleland ... . .. ... ... ... 21 
Oblong, rather longer than wide. 
Obovate, the shape of an inverted egg. 
Obtuse, blunt. 
Paleaceous, set with scales. 
Palmate, hand shaped. 
P. and R., Pappe and Rawson, Synopsis Filicum Afric® Australis ... 19 
Peltate, fixed by the centre. 
Permanent, not changeable. 
