A Plain and Easy Account of the British Ferns: Together with Their Classification, Arrangement of Genera, Structure, and Functions and a Glosssary of Technical and Other Terms |
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Page 87
... organs which per- form the functions of flowers in higher plants . These organs are seldom seated on a separate stem or stalk , but are placed on the edges and under - side of the fronds . Ferns , like other plants , have roots and ...
... organs which per- form the functions of flowers in higher plants . These organs are seldom seated on a separate stem or stalk , but are placed on the edges and under - side of the fronds . Ferns , like other plants , have roots and ...
Page 89
... organs of fructification are placed ; and this part is called the receptacle . The organs of fructification consist of a number of little capsules , called seed - cases , spore - cases , sporangia , or thecæ . These are collected ...
... organs of fructification are placed ; and this part is called the receptacle . The organs of fructification consist of a number of little capsules , called seed - cases , spore - cases , sporangia , or thecæ . These are collected ...
Page 90
... organ , which is very evident when they are young . It is , however , cast off as the sori attain maturity . The ... organs are called arche- gonia they contain little movable worm - like bodies , called spermatazoids , and which are ...
... organ , which is very evident when they are young . It is , however , cast off as the sori attain maturity . The ... organs are called arche- gonia they contain little movable worm - like bodies , called spermatazoids , and which are ...
Page 102
... . CRENATE , CRENULATE , } notched , indented . CRENATURES , notches ; indentations . CROWN , the rounded top of the root projecting above the ground . CRYPTOGAMOUS , plants whose reproductive organs are not apparent . 102 GLOSSARY .
... . CRENATE , CRENULATE , } notched , indented . CRENATURES , notches ; indentations . CROWN , the rounded top of the root projecting above the ground . CRYPTOGAMOUS , plants whose reproductive organs are not apparent . 102 GLOSSARY .
Page 102
... . CRENATE , CRENULATE , } notched , indented . CRENATURES , notches ; indentations . CROWN , the rounded top of the root projecting above the ground . CRYPTOGAMOUS , plants whose reproductive organs are not apparent . 102 GLOSSARY .
... . CRENATE , CRENULATE , } notched , indented . CRENATURES , notches ; indentations . CROWN , the rounded top of the root projecting above the ground . CRYPTOGAMOUS , plants whose reproductive organs are not apparent . 102 GLOSSARY .
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abundant Algæ appearance ASPIDIUM ACULEATUM ASPIDIUM FILIX ASPLENIUM FILIX Babington barren fronds beautiful Bentham bipinnate botanists Botany branch Britain British ferns circular cloth common contains covered Crown 8vo cultivation delicate distinct dorsal Easy Account Edition England Fcap flowers fronds fructification Fully Illustrated Fungi growing Hardwicke's Hooker and Arnott Indusia indusium Ireland J. E. SOWERBY Lady Fern lanceolate Lankester LASTREA leaf leafy linear Linnæus little fern lobes London M. C. COOKE Maiden Hair Male Fern Manual margin Microscopic mid-rib moisture Moore native Newman oblong OPHIOGLOSSUM VULGATUM OSMUNDA ovate P. L. SIMMONDS pinnæ pinnate pinnatifid pinnules Plain and Easy plant Plate POLYPODIUM POLYPODIUM VULGARE Polypody Professor rhizome rock-work rocks roots Science SCOLOPENDRIUM Scotland segments SHIELD FERN six inches Smith soil sori species of fern specimens SPLEENWORT spore-cases stalk stem SYNONYMS TERNATE texture tion toothed TRICHOMANES tripinnate tufted twice-pinnate variety veins volume walls Woodcuts WOODSIA ILVENSIS
Popular passages
Page 71 - And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, And thumping and plumping and bumping and jumping, And dashing and flashing and splashing and clashing; And so never ending, but always descending, Sounds and motions for ever and ever are blending All at once and all o'er, with a mighty uproar, — And this way the water comes down at Lodore.
Page 77 - When the fern is as high as a spoon, You may sleep an hour at noon ; When the fern is as high as a ladle, You may sleep as long as you're able ; When the fern begins to look red, Then milk is good with brown bread.
Page 109 - SOWERBY'S ENGLISH BOTANY: Containing a Description and Life-size coloured Drawing of every British Plant. Edited and brought up to the Present Standard of Scientific Knowledge by T. BOSWELL (formerly SYME), LL.DFLS, &c. With Popular Descriptions of the Uses, History, and Traditions of each Plant, by Mrs. LANKESTEB, Author of " Wild Flowers Worth Notice," " The British Ferns,