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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Adiantum—continued. 
Cc. ‘dissected).* A pretty variety, with the pinnules 
more deeply lobed than in the type. 
A. c. Lawsonianum (Lawson’s). This is a very abnormal form, 
curiously and finely cut, with the ultimate segments narrowly 
cuneate at the base, stalked, and distant. Of garden origin. 
Greenhouse variety. 
A. c. mundulum a sti. 3in. to 4in. high. fronds dwarf, 
tufted, erect, hardly 3in. broad, deltoid, tripinnate; pinnæ and 
pinnules crowded ; pinnules narrowly cuneate, rarely three-parted, 
with narrow wedge-shaped lobes ; apex slightly crenate, and bears 
a roundish sorus set in a notch of the lobe or crenature. Of 
garden origin, 1879. Greenhouse variety. 
A. Cunninghami (Cunningham’s), Synonymous with A. afine. 
A. curvatum (curved),* sti. 6in. to 12in. long. fronds _dichoto- 
mous, with main divisions again once or twice forked ; pinne 8in. 
to 12in. long, 2in. to in. broad ; pinnules lłin. to 14in. long, about 
4in. deep, not truly dimidiate, but only the lower two-thirds of 
the under half cut away, the upper margin rounded and broadly 
lobed, with the lobes finely toothed and point often lengthened 
out. sori linear, or transversely oblong. Tropical America, 
1841. Stove species. 
A, decorum (decorous).* sti. 4in. to 6in. long. fronds sub-deltoid, 
Yin, to 15in. long, three to four pinnate ; lower pinne and pinnules 
stalked, deltoid ; side segments rhomboid, }in. to gin. long; outer 
edge distinctly lobed ; lower segments equilateral, imbricated 
over main rac! sori round, in final lobes, four to six to a seg- 
ment. This greenhouse species ranks midway between A. con- 
cinnum and A.cuneatum. Peru. SYN. A. Wagneri. See Fig. 27. 
A, deltoideum (deltoid). sti. densely tufted, Zin. to 4in. long, 
wiry, erect. fronds ĝin. to 6in. long, Zin. broad, with a terminal 
lobe and numerous sub-opposite pinnæ, the lower ones distant, 
distinctly stalked, sin. long, }in. to gin. broad, hastate-deltoid, 
te or cuneate at the base. sori in interrupted lines along 
the sides of the pinne. West Indian Islands. Stove species. 
t 
A. diaphanum (transparent).* sti. gin. to 8in. long, S 
fronds 6in. to Tin. long, aiy P aa poani or pogi Te 
branches at the base ; pinnules long, łin. broad, the lower 
nearly parallel with it, crenate 
numerous. 
Greenhouse species. Syn. A. 
the 
3 | A, Hewardia (Heward’s 
sori 
Adiantum—continued. 
cultivated under the name of A. speciosum. Stove or greenhouse 
species, 
A, dolabriforme (axe-shaped). Synonymous with A. lunulatum. 
A. dolosum (deceiving). Synonymous with A. Wilsoni. 
A, Edgworthii (Edgeworth’s).* This differs from caudatum by 
having more membranous texture, glabrous surfaces, and sub- 
entire pinne. Himalaya and China. 
A, emarginatum (notched at the end). 
ethiopicum. 
A. excisum (bluntly cut).* sti. 2in. to 3in. long, wiry, densely - 
tufted. fronds 6in. to 18in. long, din. to 6in. broad, with numerous ~ 
flexuose short pinnze on each side, the lowest of which are — 
slightly branched: again; segments two to three lines broad, 
cuneate at the base, the upper edge rounded and bluntly lobed. 
sori two to four, large, obversely reniform, placed in distinct 
hollows on the lobes. Chili. 
A. e. Leyi (Ley’s).* This is a very dwarf, copiously crested form, of 
garden origin, most suitable for case culture. Greenhouse variety. 
A, e. multifidum (much-cut).* A handsome garden variety; the 
apex of every frond is frequently divided into several branches, 
which oftentimes are again divided and crested, thus forming a 
beautiful tassel Zin. to Sin. long. Greenhouse species, 
A. Feei (Fee’s).* sti. 12in. to 18in. long, strong, scandent. fronds © 
lft. to 2ft. long, lft. or more broad, tripinnate, the m: andy 
secondary rachises zigzag, all the branches firm and spreading 
at a right angle ; lower pinne 6in. to Yin. long, din. to 4in. broad ; 
pinnules lin. to 2in. long, sin. broad, consisting of a terminal 
segment and several distant suborbicular-cuneate lateral ones. 
sori marginal, roundish, more than half line deep, Tropical 
America. Stove species. SYN. A. flexuosum. 
A. flabellulatum (small fan-leaved).* sti. erect, ret a d fronds 
dichotomously branched, and the divisions once or twice branched 
again ; central pinnæ 4in. to 8in. long, gin. broad ; pinnules about 
es broad and deep, dimidiate, the lower edge cond straight, 
he tps rounded, the outer blunt, both entire or slightly toothed. 
sori several transversely oblong notches. ‘Tropical Asia. 
Stove species. SYN. A. amenwm. 
Synonymous with A: 
sti. 12in. to 18in. long, strong, erect. 
to 18in. broad, bi-, tri-, or quadri- 
, 6in. to Sin. broad, deltoid ; 
wu { 
distinctly stalked. sort erous, between obrenif 
versely oblong. Australia, 1820. Greenhouse species. 
| A, fovearum. Synonymous with A. intermedium. 
A. fulvum (tawny).* sti. 6in. to 9in. long, strong, erect. fronds 9in. 
to 12in. long, 6in. to 8in. broad, deltoid in general outline, with a 
terminal pinna 4in, to 6in. long, about lin. broad, and several 
erecto-patent branches, the lower of which are branched again; 
pinnules about jin. long, jin. deep, dimidiate, the lower 
nearly straight, the upper almost parallel, sharply toothed like 
the oblique outer edge. sori large, numerous. New Zealand. 
Greenhouse species. 
A. Ghiesbreghti (Ghiesbreght’s).* fronds 18in. to 30in. long, 
ovate, deltoid, tripinnate ; pinnules large, slightly crenate on the 
ma s. A very fine stove fern, with the habit of A. tenerum 
Farleyense, but less dense. It is undoubtedly a variety of 
tenerum, having originated in Mr. Williams’s nursery some years 
since, SYN, A. scutum. 
A. glaucophyllum (grey-leaved).* sti. 6in. to Iin. 
fronds 12in. to 24in. long, Yin. to 15in. broad, e 
pinnate; lower pinnæ 6in. to 9in. long, 3in. to 6in. bros 
erecto-patent ; meest gn broad, cuneate at the base, 
edge irregularly rounded, more or less lobed. sort fi 
obversely reniform, placed in distinct hollows in the apex of the» 
lobes of the upper edge, deep above, glaucous bengali 
Closely allied to A. cuneatum. Mexico. Greenhouse. SYNS. A. 
amabile, A. andicolum, A. mexicanum, are 
um (most graceful).* fronds deltoidly ovate, Yin. to 
“ro to 10in. across, omnes 
emarginate, or two to three lobed, the sterile lobes blunt. sort 
solitary on the entire pinnules, two to three on the larger lobed 
ones. One of the most graceful and beautiful of greenhouse 
ferns; the very numerous minute segments and the ramifications 
of the rachis impart to a well ba pes av 
appearance. Of garden origin. A form of A. 
(Henslow’s).* 
fronds 12in. to 18in. Lowy 6in. to 9in. broad, ova‘ te, fur- 
nished with numero stant e upper of 
us distant pi 
hich are simple, but the low 
w sligh ; segmen! 
żin. to Zin. broad, lin. to gin. , dimidiate, the lower line nearly 
the upper rather rounded and lobed Ane point bluntly 
1 sori obversely reniform, placed in hollows of the 
lobes, Columbia, Peru, &c., most distinct t 
stove species. SYNS. A. letum, A. Reichenbachii, A. sessilifolium. 
sti. 6in. to 9in. long, 
erect. 
sim innate or bipinnate, with a terminal pinna and two 
ply p p 
lateral ones on each side, the lowest pair of which so with | 
