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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Adiantum—continued. 
the upper edge. Columbia. A magnificent stove species, SYNS. 
A, cardiochlena and A. macrocladum. 
A. populifolium (poplar-leaved). A synonym of A. Seemanni. 
A. princeps (princely).* sti. 9in. to 12in. long, stout, nearly erect. 
fronds large, 12in. to 24in. long, 9in. to 18in. across the base, 
deltoid, pendent, pagal gg pale greyish; lower pinnz ob- 
liquely elongate, triangular, the posterior side tripinnate, the 
anterior bipinnate; upper ones pinnate, with a large cuneately 
flabellate terminal pinnule, apex of fronds pinnate ; pinnules lin. 
long, Zin. broad, roundish rhomboidal or shortly trapeziform, 
shortly stalked ; basal margin entire, slightly concave, the anterior 
margins and apex lobate, the lobes serrulate in the sterile parts, 
and, where fertile, bearing each a concave sorus, so that the lobes 
appear two-horned. New Grenada, 1875. A magnificent stove 
species. ; 
A. prionophyllum (saw-leaved). 
phylum. 
A. pubescens (downy). Synonymous with A. hispidulum. 
A. pulvi entum (covered with powder).* sti. 6in. to 12in. long, 
strong, erect; fronds with a terminal prs and several spreading 
lateral ones on each side, which are 4in. to 8in. long, lin, broad ; 
diate, 
Synonymous with A. tetra- 
pinnules 4in. long, one and a half to two lines deep, dimi 
the lower line nearly straight, the upper one nearly parallel, 
both it and the outer edge finely toothed. sori in a continuous 
line along the lower and upper edges. West Indies, &c. Stove 
species. 
x Fic. 30. ADIANTUM PEDATUM. 
A. Reichenbachit (Reichenbach’s), Synonymous with A. Hens- 
orme (kidney-shaped).* sti. tufted, 4in. to 9in. long. fronds 
simple, orb‘ r, reniform, of a deep N eg colour, uni asin. 
a broad, Banc] sori all around the 
Greenhouse species, Z S 1a. 
A. r. asarifolium (asarum-leaved), 
variety of above species. 
A. rhomboideum (rhomboid) 
tical with A. villosum. 
A rather larger growing 
S. America, 1820. Probably 
, rubellum (reddish).* sti. 4in. to 6in. long, Jronds 4in, to Gin. | 
Jong, deltoid, bipinnate ; uppermost side of 
flabellate, nearly sessile, Tee 
lower border in a line wi 
e pinnules cuneate, 
tire ; lower rhomboid żin. long, with 
y rather decurved, inner pro- 
finely ed; end and 
in the tips | 
When ina 
Adiantum—continued. 
A, scutum (shield). Synonymous with A. Ghiesbreghti. 
A. Seemanni(Seemann’s).* sti. bin. to 12in. long, erect. fronds Yin. 
to 20in. long, simply pinnate or the lower pinnz compound ; pinnæ 
šin. to 4in. ong, lżin. to 2in. broad, ovate, acuminate; but rather 
unequally sided, the barren ones finely serrated, one side usually 
cordate at the base, the other obliquely truncate, petioles of the 
lowest, nearly an inch long. sori in long continuous marginal _ 
lines. This is a very fine and distinct stove species. Central 
America, 1868. Syns. A. populifolium, A. Zahnii (of gardens). 
A. sessilifolium (sessile-leaved). Synonymous with A. Henslo- 
vianum. REE 
A. setulosum (bristly). Synonymous with A. diaphanum, 
A. speciosum (showy). Synonymous with A. digitatum. 
A. subvolubile (somewhat twining). fronds subscandent, 2ft. to 
4ft. long, oblong, tripinnate, 6in. to 8in. broad, with naked glossy 
castaneous stipes and zigzag rachises ; central pinne lanceolate, 
with a few short spreading pinnules; side pinnules rhomboidal, 
about din. long, lower edge in a line with petiole, or deflexed, 
inner end touching or wrapped over rachis, outer shallowly lobed ; 
lowest pinnules equilateral, much wrapped over rachis. sori 
minute, round, six to twelve toa segment. E. Peru. Stove species. — 
A. tenerum (tender).* sti. lft. or more high, erect. fronds lft. to 
3ft. long, 9in. to 18in. broad, deltoid, tri- or quadripinnate ; PE 
ments żin. to Zin. broad, cuneate or tending towards rhomboidal, 
dimidiate in shape, the upper edge rounder or somewhat angulars 
broadly and deeply lobed, all stalked. sort placed in numerous 
roundish patches in the lobes of the upper half. — 
Mexico, &c., widely distributed. Stove species. x 
A. t. Farleyense (Farley’s).* A subfertile, subcristate 
variety of the foregoing ; but, is, nevertheless, one of 
the most magnificent of Adiantums. It is nearly always 
known under the name of A. Farleyense. Barbados, 
1865. Stove varicty. 
A. tetraphyllum (four-leaved),* sti, 6in. to 12in. long, 
strong, erect. fronds nearly as broad as long, witha 
terminal pinna 6in. to Yin. long, lin. to lin. broad, 
and numerous spreading late ones; segments żin. 
to Zin. broad, łin. deep, subdimidiate, the lower line 
st t or somewhat decurved, the upper nearly 
pal el, finely toothed, the outer ga sort inter- 
ve species. 
SYN. A. prionophyllum. : 
A. t. Hendersoni (Iienderson’s). A stovi 
small blunt pinnules. B : 
A.tinctum (tinted).* sti. 6in. to 9in. l 
12in. long, deltoid, bipinnate; e 
three to four lines long, lower edge straight, inner 
parallel with rachis, or just wrapped over it, outer 
shallowly, bluntly lobed; lower ae equilateral, 
imbricated over main rachis; surfaces glabrous, when 
young of a delicate rose red colour, changing to a 
bright green. sori round, placed in final lobes. Tro- 
pical America. Stove or greenhouse species, 
A. trapeziforme (rhomb-leaved).* sti. 6in. to 12in. 
long, firm, erect. fronds 12in. to 24in. long, with a 
central pinna 4in. to 8in. long, 2in. to 3in, broad, and — 
two to four large spreading ones on each side, the 
lowest of which are often branched again; Fone bgp > 
lin. to 2in. long, sin. to jin. broad, dimidi the 
sides nearly parallel, the outer edge oblique, | 
it and the upper one bluntly lobed, the lowest on 
stalks jin, to in. long. sori numerous, co! ous, 
placed round the upper and outer edge. West 
1793. Stove species. 
A. t. cultratum (sharpene:).* Outer edge of the seg- 
ment bluntly rounded. - : 
t. pentadactylon (five-fingered), Lower margin 
of the segments somewhat decurved obliquely from _ 
the petiole. 
variety with 
A. t. Sanct# Catherine (of gardens).* This is a deeply cut, — 
rather copiously divided variety of A. trapeziforme. 
A. t. S. C. Funcki(Funck’s).* A deeply lobed, drooping variety, of © 
garden origin. 
A. triangulatum (triangle-leaved). Synonymous with A. inter- 
medium. ete 
A. varium (various). Probably identical with A. villosum. > 
A. Veitchianum (Veitch’s).* sti. 6in. to 9in. long. fronds Yin. to 
18in. long, deltoid, bipinnate in lower half, reddish when young + 
side pinnules rhomboid, about jin. long, lower border ty 
more or less deflexed from tip of pedicel, inner distant from 
- upper and outer shallowly lobed ; end i, eae hin. to Zin. broad, 
equilateral, rounded in upper, deltoid in lower half. sori eight to 
tentos Bas eN round, minute. Peruvian Andes, 1868. 
elegant 7 
d distinct stove species, 3 = 
A. velutinum (velvety).* sti. as long as fronds, slightly velvety. 
fronds deltoid, 14ft. to 2ft. long, ‘hice to four pinnate ; rachises 
pubesce t on both sides in to9in. 
yJuga' sub- + b- A 
ad, lower border decurved, outer blunt or sub-acute, fied 
t, shallowly, bluntly lobed. soristraight, one to one and a 
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