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Brainea, in honour of C. Braine, Esq., wlio introduced the first 
plant. 
Callipteris, Tcallos, beautiful, and pteris, beautiful fern. 
Campy loneurum, kamptos, arched, neuron, a nerve ; the veins 
forming arches. 
Ceratopteris, Jceras, Tceratos, a horn, pteris ; homed fern. 
Ceteracb, a name given by Persian physicians. 
Cheilanthes, cheilos, lip or margin, antlios, fiower ; the fructifi- 
cation on the margin. 
Cibotium, kibotos, a casket or coffer; the form of the 
indusium. 
Cincinalis, meaning unknown. 
Colysis, holy sis, separation, a species separated from other genera. 
Coniogramma, konis, dust, gramma, aline; imperfect sporangia, 
but not applicable in perfect specimens. 
Cryptogramma, knjptos, hidden, gramma, a line or writing ; the 
lines of fructification being hidden. 
Cyathea, kyathos, a cup ; the form of indusium. 
Cyclodium, kyklos, circle ; the form of indusium. 
Cyclopeltis, kyklos, circular, peltis, shield ; the form of indu- 
sium. 
Cystopteris, kystos, a bladder ; the inflated indusium. 
Danaea, in honour of Pierre Martin Dana, a Piedmont 
botanist. 
Davallia, in honour of Edmond Davall, a Swiss botanist. 
Dicksonia, in honour of James Dickson, a British crypto- 
gamist. 
Dicranoglossum, dikranos, forked, glossa, tongue ; the fronds 
forked and pendulous. 
Dictymia, diktyon, a net; the netted venation. 
Dictyogramma, diktyon, gramma, a line; the sori reticulated. 
Dictyopteris, diktyon, pteris ; the veins reticulated. 
Dictyoxiphium, diktyon, xiphion, sword ; the veins reticulated, 
and the form of the frond. 
Didymochlaena, didymos, two or double, chlcena, a cloak ; the 
indusium being double. 
Diplazium, diplazo, to be double ; two indusia on the same 
receptacle. 
Doodia, in honour of Samuel Doody, a London apothecary, and 
British cryptogamist. 
