Explanation of the Plates. 
Ee roky Minto 
_ The numbers used in these references are attached to 
the figures in the Plates: similar numbers are prefixed 
to the descriptions in the letterpress. 
The names of genera are introduced here for the 
‘convenience of technical botanists, and printed in 
; thus, Adiantum ; but they are omitted as un- 
his in the body of the work. 
w instances our leading botanists have de- 
seribed the ferns under other names: in these cases 
ch names are added in parenthesis, thus deerme 
boreal: ale). a 
In the present Edition it has been thought decieabla © : 
cult to give satisfactory figures on so small a scale; - 
the necessity for figures: the following are the names 
of the species which are not figured :— 
4 ese tege p55 Ehbrhart’s Fern, p. 109 
rm, p. 98 : 28 Windermere Fern pe ” : 
21 Roth's era P 01 | 27 Rigid Fern, + * 
ennett’s Fem p. 108 pi Male Fern, p. 
Withering’s Fern, p. 104 9 Common Lay Form ni ae a 
ital Fern, p. 107 : “ Alpine Lady 
‘but the greatest care has bee n taken to make the 
descriptions so complete and wisi as to’ supersede a 
