Supplement. 



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Adiantunx — continued, 



toothed, the largest lin. to 

 Stove, See Fig. 2, for which 

 J. Birkenhead. 



Uin. 



long. New Caledonia, 1883. 

 we are indebted to Messrs. \V. and 



A. obliquum zninus (lesser), sti. black, fronds pinnate ; pinnae 

 falcate, acuminate, the sterile ones incised-toothed, the fertile 

 ones with close-set, oblong sori, the apex trapeziform and lobed. 

 Columbia, 1833. 



A. Oweni (Owen's), sti. about Bin. long, glossy ebeneous. fronds 

 about IJfc. long, triangular-ovate, evergreen, glabrous, erect, 

 quadnpinnate ; pinn^ ascending, triangular, stipitate, the lower 

 ones on stalks about lin. long, the upper ones gradually shorter ; 



A dwarf, 



Adiautum— continued. 



A. roseuiu (rosy), fronds, when young, rosy-tinted, 

 garden variety. Greenhouse. 



A schizophyllam (cut-leaved), sti. and rachises remote in 



varying decrees, fronds numerous, with stoutish, conspicuous, 

 ebeneous rachises; pinnules small, commonly minute, most of 

 them deeply cut into narrov, liiieate lobes, sori small, lunate, 

 sparingly produced in a perfect state. 1887. 

 cemidum. Stove or green ho uee. 



A, tetrapbyllum gracile (slender). A handsome variety, of 



moderate stature, remarkable for the beautiful reddish tint 

 assumed by the fronds when first developed. 



A seedling from A. 





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Fig. 2. Adjantum nov^-caledom^. 



St\flo^l'a" t'hTtJrn^^^T^"*^ '''^ ^^^^^1' '^^*>^"y stipitate, 

 rhomboid? ,ok two /nf""^ T^^ cuneate, the others mostly 



^th^^nuxrginar?ober Itov^^brid. '"""''' ^'"''^ '" " "'^"^ '' 



the^plnnSJs^^torK''^"- ^ ^^l^^" variety, of very dense habit, 

 Greehhouse """^^'^^^PP^^S ^ach other to an uncommon extent. 



^trM^nate^?P^°l/'^'*^'^''^i^*^^^^'* •^^""'^'^ evergreen, triangular 

 pinna *?nrSv^-^'^^"J^y.2P^^^^ ^'^«"t ]ft. Jong; pinn^'^few 



well i? ?r ^P?""a^e, the upper undivided ones lAifi. long and Ts 



Hke bUck .nit P^""^^^«' rhomboid-trapezoid, Ind sef 'on hair! 



of t he lobes but 'J,TL\°"^' ^""'^-Fo'l^P^^- '''^ ^^ the apices 

 hybrid ' *'^''^^" ^P- ^^'*- A beautiful, stove 



I 



A. VictorisB (Victoria's), fronds crowded, bipinnate, forming 

 close, low tufts 4in. to 6in. high, rich green ; pinnules rather 

 large^ bluntly conical or sub-rhomboidal. 1882. A handsome, 

 dwarf, stove Maidenhair, "supposed to be a hybrid between 

 A. Ghiesbrefjhti and A, decorum, but it appears more like a dwarf 

 form of A. tenerum Farleyense" (Moore). 



A Waltoni (H. and E. H. Walton's), sti. 9in. long, glossy 

 ebeneous. fronds nearly l^ffc. long, broadly ovate, erect, glabrous, 

 evergreen, quadripinnate; pinnae ascending, ovate, the lower 

 ones^ long-stalked, the upper ones with the pinnules next the 

 rachis elongated and compound ; pinnulets pedicellate, more or 

 less cuneiform, often somewhat oblique. $ori abundant, four to 

 six to a pinnule, placed in a sinus of the marginal lubes. Green 

 house hybrid. 



