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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 
Saccoloma, salclcos, a bag or sack, loma, margin ; the union of 
the indusium with the margin, forming a hood or cyst. 
Salpichlaena, salpi, pipe, clilcena, a cloak ; the indusium being 
like a pipe. 
Schellolepis, schello, skeleton, lepis, scale ; the character of the 
scale surrounding the sori. 
Schizoloma, scliizo, I cut, loma, a border or margin ; the sori in 
the form of a slit on the margin of the frond. 
Scolopendrium, slcolopendra, a centipede ; the appearance of 
fructification on the under side of the frond. 
Selaginella, the diminutive of selago (Injcopodimn Selago). 
Selliguea, in memory of M. Selligue, a French optician. 
Sitibolium,* sitos, food, bolos, a large pill; the appearance of 
fructification. 
Soromanes, soros, heap, mania, fancy ; the sporangia in fanciful 
and irregular heaps. 
Stenochlsena, stenos, narrow, clilcena, cloak ; narrow indusium. 
Stenosemia, stenos, narrow, sema, standard ; the fertile frond 
with its narrow segments being like a flag. 
Struthiopteris, strutliios, ostrich ; the fronds being like the 
feathers of an ostrich. 
Thyrsopteris, thyrsos, bunch or raceme, pteris ; the fructification 
in racemose bunches. 
Todea, in honour of Henry Julius Tode, of Mecklenburg, an 
experienced mycologist. 
Trichocarpa, tlirix, trichos, a hair, learpa, fruit ; the fructification 
borne on a hair-like stalk. 
Trichomanes, tlirix, hair, manos, soft ; the delicate nature of the 
fronds. 
Trichopteris, tlirix, hair, pteris ; the sori being furnished with 
hairs. 
Vittaria, vitta, riband ; shape of narrow fronds. 
Woodsia, in honour of Joseph Woods, a celebrated British 
botanist (died 1864). 
Woodwardia, in honour of Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, an 
English botanist. 
Xiphopteris, xiphos, sword , pteris ; form of the frond. 
• For Sitilobium, at page 236 and elsewhere in this work, read Sitibolium. 
