Gardneriane. N. O. Filices. 
TAB. DIV. 
ADIANTUM sINUOSUM. Gardn. 
Fronde tripartita, ramis pinnatis vel rariter lateralibus bipinnatis, 
pinnis magnis oblongis obtusis vel suborbicularibus dimidiatis 
petiolatis margine superiore inciso-lobatis, laciniis late si- 
nuoso-emarginatis, soris reniformibus, indusiis glabris, stipite 
rachibusque nitidis glabris. 
Adiantum sinuosum. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3552. 
Has. In dry rocky places near the summit of the Serra de 
Natividade, Province of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840. 
Frondes fasciculate. Stipes 6-8 pollicaris, semiteres, aterrimus, 
nitidissimus, glaber, basi pilis paleaceis rufis obtectis. Rachis 
teres, glabra, nitida. Frons 1-1}- pedalis, tripartita, rams 
pinnatis, vel rariter lateralibus bipinnatis, ramo intermedio 
majore. Pinne magne, sesquipollicem et ultra longe, polli- 
cem circiter late, petiolate, oblonge, vel juniores suborbi- 
culares, dimidiate, margine superiore inciso-lobate, lacinus 
late sinuoso-emarginate. Vene eleganter flabellate, pluries 
furcate, venulis parallelis. Sori marginali, reniformes. Indusia 
reniformia, membranaceo-fusca, glabra.—G. Gardner. 
Fig. 1. Fertile lacinia of a pinna :—magnified. 
