INDEX
A Acrosticheæ, [10] Adder’s Tongue, [11] Adiantum capillus-veneris, [9], [41] Algae, [1] Alpine Club Moss, [105] Alpine Polypody, [92] Alpine Woodsia, [61] Alternate-leaved Spleenwort, [69] Alternation of generation, [2] Annual Maidenhair, [10], [100] Annulus, [8], [14] [Antheridia], [17] [Archegonia], [17] Aspidieæ, [10], [46] Aspidium aculeatum, [59] angulare, [60] filix-mas, [46] lonchitis, [57] Asplenieæ, [10], [66] Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, [10], [73] bulbiferum, [3] ceterach, [77] filix-fæmina, [66] germanicum, [69] lanceolatum, [74] marinum, [75] ruta-muraria, [10], [70] septentrionale, [68] trichomanes, [78] viride, [80] Athyrium filix-fæmina, [10], [66] Azolla, [7], [12], [110]
B [Beech Fern], [10], [89] Bennittiteæ, [25] Black Maidenhair Spleenwort, [10], [73] Bladder Ferns, [10] Blechnum boreale, [84] spicant, [84] Blunt-topped Horsetail, [116] Botrychium lunaria, [11], [98] Bracken Fern, [3], [9], [29], [38] Bristle Fern, [8], [33], [131] Brittle Bladder Fern, [63] Buck’s Horn Plantain, [69]
C Calamites, [28] Calamus, [28] Caudex, [4] Ceterach officinarum, [77] Classification of Ferns, [7] et seq. Club Mosses, [6], [12], [26], [101] Classification of, [32] Economic importance of, [32] Life histories of, [30] et seq. Number of species of, [30] Coal deposits, [25], [31] Common Adder’s Tongue, [96] Common Club Moss, [12], [19], [101] Common Polypody, [26] Common Rue, [71] Conifers, [27] Crested Buckler Fern, [53] Cryptogamme crispus, [9], [44] Cryptogams, [2] Cyatheaceæ, [11] Cycads, [25] Cystopteris, [10] alpina, [65] fragilis, [63] montana, [64] regia, [65]
D Davallia bullata, [9] Davalliaceæ, [9] Druery, Mr. C. T., [91], [123] Dutch Rush, [32], [120]
E Elaters, [21] Elba, [62] Embryo, [18] Endosperm, [27] English Maidenhair (see [Maidenhair Spleenwort]) Equisetites, [28] Equisetum, [112] et seq. arvense, [114] fluvialis, [116] hyemale, [32], [120] limosum, [118] maximum, [114] palustre, [118] pratense, [116] sylvaticum, [117] telmateia, [114] umbrosum, [116] variegatum, [119]
F Female organs (see [Archegonia]) Fern cases, [130] Ferns, classification of, [7] et seq. Collecting and preserving, [122] et seq. Comparative sizes of, [29] Cultivation of, [129] et seq. Economic importance of, [31] General characteristics of, [4] et seq. Grown from spores, [131] Habitats of, [29], [128] In greenhouses, [130] Life histories of, [13] et seq. Ferns, number of genera and species, [28] Reproduction of, [13] et seq. Sometimes difficult to identify, [128] Where to find, [127] Fertilization of Ferns, [17] et seq. Field Horsetail, [112] Filices, [8] Filmy Ferns, [2], [8], [33], [131] Fir Club Moss, [19], [103] Flowering Fern (see [Royal Fern]) Flowering Plants, probable origin of, [26] Forked Spleenwort, [68] Fossil botany, [23] et seq. Fronds, [4] et seq.
G Gleicheniaceæ, [11] Gold and Silver Ferns, [10] Grammitideæ, [10] Great Horsetail, [114] Green Spleenwort, [80] Gymmogramma leptophylla, [10], [100] Gymnosperm, [27] Gymnospermæ, [27]
H Hard Fern, [84] Hard Prickly Shield Fern, [59] Hartstongue, [82] Hay-scented Buckler Fern, [55] Holly Fern, [57] Horsetails, [6], [27], [31], [112] Life histories of, [21] Hymenophyllaceæ, [8], [33] Hymenophyllum, [131] tunbridgensis, [8], [35] unilaterale, [36] Wilsoni, [8], [37]
I Indusium, [8], [14] Interrupted Club Moss, [106] Isoëtaceæ, [12] Isoëtes, [7] hystrix, [108] Isoëtes lacustris, [12], [107]
L Lady Fern, [10], [66], [130] Lanceolate Spleenwort, [74] Lastria æmula, [55] cristatum, [53] fæniscii, [55] filix-mas, [46] montana, [50] recurva, [55] rigidum, [56] Lepidodendraceæ, [12] Lesser Alpine Club Moss, [106] Life histories of Club Mosses, [18] et seq. of Ferns, [3], [13] et seq. of Horsetails, [21] Little Adder’s Tongue, [98] Limestone Polypody, [130] Lomaria spicant, [84] Lycopodiceæ, [12] Lycopodium, [12], [19] alpinum, [105] annotinum, [106] clavatum, [12], [19], [101] inundatum, [19], [30], [104] selago, [19], [103] Lycopodium Powder, [32]
M Maiden Hair, [9], [38], [41] [Maidenhair Spleenwort], [78] Male Fern, [2], [10], [13], [46] Male organs (see [Antheridia]) Malic acid, [18] Marattiaceæ, [11] Marsh Buckler Fern, [49] Marsh Club Moss, [104] Marsh Horsetail, [118] Marsiliaceæ, [12] Megasporangium, [20] Megaspores, [20] Microsporangium, [20] Microspores, [20] Moonwort, [11], [98] Mosses, [1] Mother cells, [15] Mountain Bladder Fern, [64] Mountain Buckler Fern, [50] Mountain Polypody (see [Beech Fern])
N Nephrodium æmulum, [55] cristatum, [52] dilatatum, [54] filix-mas, [10], [13], [46] montana, [50] oreopteris, [50] propinqua, [49] pseudo-mas, [49] rigidum, [56] spinulosum, [53] thelypteris, [49] uliginosa, [54]
O [Oak Fern], [10], [90] Oblong Woodsia, [62] One-sided Filmy Fern, [37] Ophioglosseæ, [11], [96] Ophioglossum lusitanicum, [98] vulgatum, [11], [96] Osmunda regalis, [11], [93] Osmundaceæ, [11], [93], Ovum, [18]
P Parsley Fern, [9], [44] Pepperworts, [12] Phanerogams, [22] Philotaceæ, [12] Pillwort, [2], [7], [12], [109] Pilularia globulifera, [12], [109] Pinnæ, [5] Pinnules, [5] Placenta, [14] Plantago coronopus, [69] Pollen grains, [27] Polypodiaceæ, [9], [10], [86] Polypodies, [86] Polypodium alpestre, [92] calcareum, [91] dryopteris, [10], [90] phegopteris, [10], [89] vulgare, [10], [86] Polystichum aculeatum, [59] angulare, [60] lonchitis, [57] Prickly Buckler Fern, [54] Prothallus, [17] Pseudathryrium alpestre, [92] Pterideæ, [38] Pteridosperms, [24] Pteris aquilina, [9], [38]
R Rachis, [4] Reproduction, vegetative, [3] Reproduction of Ferns, [13] et seq. Rhizocarpeæ, [12] Rhizome, [4] Ribbon Ferns, [38] Rigid Buckler Fern, [56] Roots, [5] Rough Horsetail, [120] [Royal Fern], [11], [93] Rue-leaved Spleen wort, [71] Ruta graveolens, [71]
S Salvinia, [12] Salviniaceæ, [12] Scaly Spleen wort, [29], [77] Schizœaceæ, [11] Scolopendrium rhizophyllum, [3] vulgare, [81] Sea Spleenwort, [130] Seed, [27] Selaginella grandis, [30] spinosa, [12], [30], [106] Selaginellaceæ, [12], [26] Selaginellas, [30] Life histories of, [29] Sex organs, [17] Shade Horsetail, [116] Sigillariaceæ, [12] Smooth Naked Horsetail, [118] Soft Prickly Shield Fern, [60] Sori, [7], [14] Spermatozoids, [17] Spleenworts, [10], [66] et seq. [Sporangia], [6], [14] Spore cases (see [Sporangia]) Spores, [5], [15] et seq. Stag’s Horn Moss, [101] Stipes, [5]
T Three-branched Polypody (see [Oak Fern]) Tree Ferns, [4], [11] Triangular Buckler Fern, [55] Trichomanes, [30] radicans, [8], [33] Tunbridge Filmy Fern, [35]
V Variegated Rough Horsetail, [119] Vascular Cryptogams, [1] et seq. Economic importance of, [31] Vegetative reproduction, [3]
W Walking Fern, [3] Wall Rue, [10], [70] Wardian cases, [130] Water Club Mosses, [7] Water Fern, [7], [110] Water Horsetail, [118] Wolf’s Claw, [101] Wood Horsetail, [117] Woods, Mr. Joseph, [61] Woodsia hyperborea, [61] ilvensis, [62] Woodsias, [10]
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