Section F, G and H

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Skr. parn.a wing, feather, leaf, sort of
plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of
cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their
fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually
found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in
tropical climates often attain a gigantic size.

&fist; The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia,
containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on
which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or
bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known
ferns.

Christmas fern. See under
Christmas. -- Climbing fern
(Bot.), a delicate North American fern (Lygodium
palmatum), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and
is much sought for purposes of decoration. -- Fern
owl. (Zoöl.) (a) The
European goatsucker. (b) The short-eared
owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fern shaw, a fern
thicket. [Eng.] R. Browning.

Fern"er*y (?), n. A place for
rearing ferns.

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