10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORSESHOE FERN»
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A handbook for travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot ...
Lycopodium scariosum, — selago. — varium. — volubile. Lygodium articulatum.
Marattia fraxinea. Horseshoe Fern. Nephrodinm decompositum. —
decompositum, var. 6. . — hispidum. Hairy Fern. — molle. — thelyptris, var. 6,
squamulosum.
John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather,
1893
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Compounds of the Word "horse,": A Study in Semantics
... horseshoe-crab, horseshoe-fern, horseshoe- goose, horseshoe-head,
horseshoe-kidney, horseshoe-magnet, horseshoe-nail, horseshoe-vetch. horse-
smith, "a blacksmith." horse-steps, ' horse- < mounting > steps.' horse-sugar, "the
plant ...
3
Transactions of the Illinois State Horticultural Society
With the Flowering Fern grow great masses of the Horseshoe Fern, Asplenium
Filix-famina. The large sterile leaves, or fronds, are most delicately cut and
toothed, and in midsummer similar fronds appear, densely covered beneath with
the ...
Illinois State Horticultural Society,
1875
With the Flowering Fern grow great masses of the Horseshoe Fern, Aspknium
Filix-ftxmina. The large sterile leaves, or fronds, are most delicately cut and
toothed, and in midsummer similar fronds appear, densely covered beneath with
the ...
Illinois State Horticultural Society,
1875
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The Horticulture Gardener's Guides - Plants for Small Spaces
Adiantum pedatum (zone 3-8), a native of woodland areas, is known as the
horseshoe fern because of the distinctive arrangement of its black- stemmed
fronds in U-shaped crowns. This is an intriguing deciduous hardy fern for a moist,
shady ...
6
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
1917-1933; John H. Barnhart, Biographical Notes upon Botanists. 2: 445. 1965.
Species/Vernacular Names: M. fraxinea Sm. (Marattia salicina Smith) English:
king fern, horseshoe fern Maori names: para M. oreades Domin English: potato
fern ...
Umberto Quattrocchi,
1999
7
The IUCN Plant Red Data Book: Comprising Red Data Sheets on ...
4l Horseshoe Fern MARATTIACEAE PTERIDOPHYTA STATUS Endangered; a
subspecies endemic to a small island (c. lO x 2-3 km) where it is restricted to a
few individuals beyond the reach of feral pigs and collectors. Only 3 localities are
...
8
Encyclopedia of endangered species
Description and Biology The horseshoe fern is an extremely rare fern of Lord
Howe Island in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It has large, triangular-shaped,
complexly dissected fronds, each as long as 10-13 ft (3-4 m). The fronds grow
from a ...
Bill Freedman, Todd Leon Keith,
1998
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Austral English: a dictionary of Australasian words, ...
Horseshoe-Fern, n. name given in New Zealand to the fern Ma- rattia fraxinia, Sm
., called in Australia the Potato-Fern. See under Fern. Hot Wind, n. an Australian
meteorological phenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.
Edward Ellis Morris,
1898
10
Myths & Legends of the Polynesians
In Java, 35 PARA (PARATAWHITI). The Maori horseshoe fern (Marattia fraxinea);
origin of, 151 PARADISE. Hawaiian, 394; Futuna, 419; Samoan, 419420; Tongan
, 421; Fijian, 421 PARAITEA. HomeofTumuteanaoa, 358 PARAWHENUAMEA.