INDEX
Reading edition
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
Q
Quillwort, 7, 107
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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