Distillation is by definition separation by boiling point. Basically things that have lower boiling points will boil before things that have higher boiling points. so if you go into the temperature range between the two boiling points, one will boil and vaporize and one will remain a liquid (maybe solid).
Ferns are plants that do not bear flowers. They do not have any seeds as well. In this regard, their mode of reproduction is through spores. Gymnosperms on the other hand have seeds, although they are not put inside an ovary.