Plate XLV. 



THE COMMON MAIDENHAIR FERN 

 (Awantum Capillus-Veneris). 



ADIANTUM, Limuzm. 



Clmters of S/>orC'Ca#es transverse, marginal t Iinear*oblong or roundish, situated on the 

 under surface of the reflcxed indusiuin. tlio son therefore rcsupinate. Indurinm 

 of the same form, membranaceous, traversed by the rcceptocular veins, and 

 bearing the spore-cases on its under surface, Vvim radiately forked; vmutts 

 disunited at their apices. 



A, Cafilltjs-Ve3ERI3; fronds bipinnate or tripinnate; pinnules alternate, glabrous, mem- 

 branaceous, obliquely and broadly wedge-shaped, or roundish with a truncate 

 base, attached by capillary stalks, tlio superior margin lobed, the sterile lobes 

 dentate, the fertile obtuse or truncate ; son transversely oblong, often occupying 

 the whole width of the lobes ; stipes and rachis ebony-black, glossy, quite smooth, 



ABUamm Cimtn-Vsmi* £mni*o-, 6>*fei PUntarmn*, 15SS. Jfcfom. Fi'Iim £rtV«iiiir<r t 2l t t. 90. Smth t 

 KnjliA ^ftrfs-ay, xiiL t. 150* j Aofijl Ho**, w. 307. ttwto and Ar&tt, Urituk J*Iprw, 570, /Wtnj/oa. 



Ma*wl tf BtitiA i&frajr, 41& ,1/VAd*', Ftvr* JIiUr*iev, 3H» /tafiwi, Ft$riprup3,w flfffaiarfflfr If. 43). 



JVteMff, llutory $T BritM Frr*r t 1. Mont* JfonJUdt </ BritUk fir**, 100. eteerty, Fern* c/ Great 

 JJritein, 70, t. 40* JiiCtfuin. JffcWffaaot -.w/ww, ii 77, U 7* UVLkaw t $f*tit* Ptattiat*m t *. -lift Prett, 

 Trntamtm Pt*riJopt*fAi* t 15$, Jt<»k*r t Speeie* Jffira-n, ii 30. JfrV, Q&ut* f7<7fir*i, 111. 



Adiaxtcm CUttUW, $Wa/te, SthraderU Jwrarifir Jie faUnii, 180ft ii. S3. tSjwwjrf, ^ M VyrfMi***, 

 re. 113, Zm*. m«*«i fycciW, **■ 



Abiajituu coaiAyDEiiouvM f Z**awci\ Aae^foptfM'. L « ; -r7er* &**<****. L 23 ; lUm*tr*ti**t^ 1.&70, fig. 1* 



Aimvnw rOCTAKt'U, Safabvy, /Yfttanw, 401. tffey, Xcf * fut ArrwtffnrMt tf firittA 21**1*, il 17. 



AniAsrin PKrantKa, CA^/maa Jf& fa J/6. //<eivr. 



Aiiumoi hhmivu ( Tuftjci; * J &6> Er#*>., l*G;" according to Klotracb. 



AAlAjmm .uncasta. Are**. JpymJix fa The Ary * ''o^, l * (ouno calf)* 



Asiuro* TiiinotM, H'a/utVnotf. Ifrr& f 201C&. 



AdUXtuM Mouiwi ^-v, Ziasi, Filict/n ^vet>f t "I. F/e. Genera Filkv*, 114. 



AuiA3.TVM ci*H*OLiuv, Stota, Iktenittt Materia Jfafcu, it. G12. 



EXPLANATION 



Plate XLV.— AniaKii:* C*nur»-Vwai«; A, from JJfraosube, Pcv 

 taled) ; £ */. /<«**. C, from Ireland. 



OF THE PLATE. 



; Rev. £ if. Charter* 



>, from Cornwall (cuHi- 



II A 1I1TAT.— laia Vera ia a minting rock«plant, being found on aonie pari* or our ceaat*. m moMt mn% and in tfco Hhuw 

 of rwka where the uxwture trickle J^n; ararcrlr Ajcendmj; ofcnc tbc sen IcvtL It a found in Oorn«oll t lVTOA t and 

 Sow^rfcl-; »n GUmorgoa and *otnc flrflJAcvat u!*«; aud in tho liioof Mu, which u it* norlUpni certified limit Id 

 Irobjid, it ki* U^n found in (lilw *j ; in tbc Amn 1-lc * ; at Cahir Courcr, in Krrrv ; And at IUU>\au^tm t in CUro. 

 There ate, betides reputed habli*i» — which, hoiretcr, rc4uiro ^erifleation— in Eo^Und, En tlio eountiea vT 9tooora f 

 Salop, Do*br,nnd Vo»k t nnd in ScoiUnd, in lK>»o of Ai^jlc and Kincardine. In tbe latter county, Mr P. Hutc&c*on 

 infotro* ui that bo found it, in 18i2, on roclw near the m, nortb*e*»i of SuinehaTeii p wWeh nearf^ aeeorda with tbo 

 originallj pnblUbctl »tntwu in this count t, najncl^, tbo banki of the Canon- It ii met with, but h ajiparently rare, 

 in Jcracy* 



GEOGKAI'UICAL DISTRIBUTION*— The Common Maidenhair" found Uiipenod oiw tbo middle uid Mtill) of Europe. 

 In Ana, It occun througliout India, ehic tly in damp IDly dblrieU, e.g. Maiahar. An, NV(»aI, Simla, Sebade, Kbaaira, 

 Bbolakn, Aaaam, SiWum- Himalaya, Kiwbmlr. TniUt, IWoochUUn, AlTKbanirtan, Ae.i in Cbina and Terri* {lib. 

 J/ooIrr)i inArabia{//A. Oron), and Syria (//t. J/n*. i/f»/.); and in InoCaiMnia and the I'nX pnmnce* of Siberia. 

 (Mto). In Afneo, it ii found in Algkva and in £Rypl j in Tenerifle^ Madeira, tbc Ctturko, the- Acccc*. and tto 

 Capo do Vorf Wandu ; in Madagaiear and the Ma*ean*n Wandn. and at the* Cap* of Good JIopo and Algoa Bay (//o. 

 Hooker). In the temperate parts of North America it timet witb: *#, Florida. California. Tc\w, >Iexie^Ouale(i*aki 

 in South America: l"aia, C^unccaa; in t ho Wert Indict; Trinidad. St. Vincent. Dominica, Jamaica; in the Sanduich 

 laiand^ New Caledonia, and Anietcum in tbo New llriiridea {lib JfwSitr). Theae IttbilaU. those of tlie New World 

 eapeeially. include icieraJ gradation* of a deoplydobed form, which in iU oaott marked condition U the w*fi (laroan) 

 of tjhr \\\ Jl>x>k«r. The A* afrwaum of Brown should, probably at leaat. constitute a tarietj. 



Rhizome slowly creeping, as thick as a small quill, densely scaly. Scales dark brown, narrow 

 lanceolate acuminate, strialcly venose, Fibres wiry, branched^ shaggy. 





