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HISTORY OF BRITISH FERNS. 
14 Woodsia = Dorsal-fruited Ferns, having the indusia 
involucriform, i.e. attached beneath the sori, and 
divided at the margin into hair-like incurved seg¬ 
ments. 
§ HYMEN QPH YLLEiE = Ferns whose sori are pro¬ 
duced around the ends of reins projecting from the 
margin , and surrounded by urn-shaped or two-mlved 
membranes . It contains the genera Trichomanes and 
Hymenophyllum. 
15. Trichomanes = Marginal-fruited Ferns, having the 
sori surrounded by urn-shaped expansions of the 
frond. 
16. Hymenophyllum = Marginal-fruited Ferns, having 
the sori surrounded by two-valved expansions of the 
frond. 
OSMUNDACE/E = Ferns having the young leaves cir¬ 
culate, the spore-cases destitute of an elastic ring, and 
bursting vertically by two regular valves. It contains 
the genus Osmunda. 
17. Osmunda = Marginal-fruited Ferns, having the regu- 
lar-valved spore-cases in irregular, dense, branching 
clusters, terminating the fronds. 
