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ADIANTUM PEDATUM 



English Name— AMERICAN MAIDENHAIR. 



French Name — Capillaire du Canada. 



German Name — Frauenhaar. 



Officinal Names — Capil Veneris, HerbaYenerls. 



Filix Veneris. 



Vulgar Names — Maiden-hair, Rock-fern, Sweet- 

 fern. 



Authorities — Linnaeus, Michaux, Pursh, Schoepf, 



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Charlevoix, French Dispensaries, &e. not in Barton 

 nor Bigelow. 



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Genus Adianttjm — Fern with divided Frond. 

 Fructification in small interrupted marginal lines. 

 Integument univalve, opening below. 



Species A. Pedatum — Petiole glossy pedale dich- 



etome. Frondules pinnate, folioles alternate, pe- 



tiolate, oblong, trapezoid, entire before and below, 



jagged and fructiferous on the upper margin, obtuse 



and crenate at the end. 



DE:SCRlP'riON— Hoot Perennial, large, fibrous, 

 trown. Frond about a foot high ; stems or petioles 

 of the Frond smooth, compressed, contorted, shin- 

 ing or glossy cliesnut color, forked upwards, and 

 each blanch bearing upwards from four to seven 

 frondules, the first being the largest, which gives 

 the pedale appearance. These frondules are Dinnalc, 



