A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.
First published between 1923 and 1928 as part of the Cambridge Botanical Handbook series, The Ferns was the first systematic classification of ferns according to anatomical, morphological and developmental features. This set includes all three volumes.
Volume 1
1. The life-history of a fern
2. The habit and the habitat of ferns
3. A theoretical basis for the systematic treatment of ferns
4. Morphological analysis of the shoot-system of ferns
5. Leaf-architecture of ferns
6. Cellular construction
7. The vascular system of the axis (A) - the protostele and its immediate derivatives
8. The vascular system of the axis (B) - the stelar structure of the leptosporangiate ferns
9. The vascular system of the leaf
10. Size a factor in stelar morphology
11. Dermal and other non-vascular tissues
12. The spore-producing organs (A) - the sorus
13. The spore-producing organs (B) - the sporangium
14. The gametophyte, and sexual organs
15. The embryo
16. Abnormalities of the life-cycle
17. Organographic comparison of the filicales with other plants
Postscript
Index
Volume 2
Introduction to Volume 2
18. Coenopteridaceae
19. Ophioglossaceae
20. Marattiaceae
21. Osmundaceae
22. Schizaeaceae
23. Marsileaceae
24. Gleicheniaceae
25. Matoniaceae
26. A general review of the Simplices
27. Hymenophyllaceae
28. Loxsomaceae
29. Dicksoniaceae (I, II)
30. Dicksoniaceae (III)
31. Plagiogyriaceae
32. Protocyatheaceae
33. Cyatheaceae (excl. Dicksonieae)
34. Dipteridaceae
35. General review of the primitive ferns
Index
Volume 3
Introduction to Volume 3
36. Hypolepis, etc
37. Davallioid ferns
38. Pteroid ferns
39. Gymnogrammoid ferns
40. Dryopteroid ferns (I. Woodsieae)
41. Dryopteroid ferns (II. Aspidieae)
42. Asplenioid ferns
43. Onocleoid ferns
44. Blechnoid ferns
45. Dipteroid ferns
46. Metaxyoid ferns
47. Vittarioid ferns
48. Genera incertae sedis
49. Summary of results
50. Evolutionary bearings of the results
Index