42 BRITISH FERNS. 
Confluent, w 
gener, an 
Convolute, ‘lied over at the edges, 
Crenate, or Cren ate, when the teeth or serratures 
are Sw and not ~ vwtagg event either end 
se sage oy in colour ee 
tay ether 
of in 
. m * Brey living pant is D eereced with a skin or 
e called the cuticle ;” this cuticle covers 
rer art of the lath, 
| iecgela : 
ponent a character by which two objects are dis 
_ tinguishable. . 
: eames without glands. 
Elongate-lanceolate, longer and narrower than lanceo- 
En nduring, lasting or remaining, not fading or falling 
off quickly like the petals rs ved . 
Evanescent, or vanishing, on character that lasts for 
a short time and then 
Fertile, bearing fruit or seeds. 
Fibrille, oth eal spall See which clothe the root- 
lets e 
Fern 
uous, Wi 
Pre, rumbling to pices 4s dhe lik se 
“In this the stalk, leaf fructification are 
ey or, in other words, the ower sn tat ar 
produced from the leaf itself, asin ferns.” 
