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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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16. AdiantumPulverulentuni; Dusty Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 bipinnate ; pinnas oval, truncate, before one-flowered, stipe 



:\ . Native of South America. 



17. Adiantum Cristatum; Crested Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 bipinnate ; lowest leaflets two-parted ; pinnae crescent-shap- 

 ed, many-flowerod above. A native also of South America. 



18. Adiantum Furcatum ; Forked Maiden-hair. Frond 

 bipinnate ; pinnas generally two-parted, linear ; line of fruc- 

 tification single. Stem smooth, and two feet high. Native 

 of the West Indies. 



19. Adiantum Caffronim ; Caffrarian Maiden-hair. Fronds 

 bipinnate ; pinnas ovate, gash-toothletted, chaffy under- 

 neath. Native of Jamaica. 



20. Adiantum Fragrans ; Sweet - scented Maiden - hair. 

 Fronds bipinnate ; pinnas ovate, sublobed, obtuse, naked 

 underneath. This species is a native of Madeira. It may 

 be kept with us in a green-house, where alone it has been 

 found able to endure our climate. 



21. Adiantum Truncatum : Truncate-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds decompound, with pinnate leaflets ; pinnas alter- 

 nate, wedge-shaped, rather sickle-shaped, truncate, quite 

 entire. Native of the West Indies. 



*** Frond super-decompound. 



22. Adiantum Clavatum ; Clubbed Maiden-hair. Leaflets 

 alternate ; pinnas wedge-shaped, quite entire, alternate, one- 

 Howered. A native of Dominica. 



23. Adiantum Aculeatum ; Prickly-stiped Maiden-hair. 

 Finnas palmate, many-flowered, stipe-prickly. It is a na- 

 tive of Jamaica and Dominica. 



24. Adiantum Trapeziforme ; Rhomb-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Leaves alternate ; pinnus rhombed, gashed, fruit-bearing 

 on each side. It is a native of New Zealand, and of the 

 countries between the tropics. It has been introduced into 

 England, but cannot be preserved except by a stove ; its 

 shining black stalks and oddly-shaped leaves, will there 

 afford an agreeable variety among other exotic plants. 



25. Adiantum Hexagonum ; Hexagon-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Pinnas hexangular, emarginate, quite entire, one-flowered 

 on both sides. It is said to be Pteris heterophylla. 



26. Adiantum Pteroides ; Heart-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Pinnas ovate entire, crenulate ; stipe polished, seven inches 

 high, purple and smooth. Native of the Cape. 



27- Adiantum JSthiopicum ; Cape Maiden-hair. Pinnas 

 rounded, entire crenulate, petioles capillary. It is a native 

 of the Cape, and of Japan. 



New Species. * Frond compound. 



28. Adiantum Triphylluni; Three-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Frond three-leaved ; leaflets sessile, lanceolate, pinnatifid, 

 crenate. -This is a very beautiful little fern, tender, entirely 

 smooth, a span high ; and was found by Commerson at 

 15uenos Ayres in South America. 



29. Adiantum Cuneatum ; Wedge-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Fronds pinnate ; leaflets opposite ; subpinnate pinnas wedge- 

 shaped, retuse, alternate. This species seems to be little 

 known. 



30. Adiantum Pumilum ; Dwarf Maiden-hair. Frond 

 pinnnate ; stipe capillary ; pinnas alternate, roundish, serru- 

 late, the uppermost larger trapezium-shaped, fructifications 

 interrupted. This plant seldom rises above two or three 

 inches from the root ; its leaves and stalks are very delicate, 

 and the fructifications but few. Found jn dry and rocky 

 places in Jamaica, of which it is a native. 



31. Adiantum Deltoideum ; Deltoid-leaved Maiden-hair.- 

 Frond pinnate ; pinnas alternate, deltoid, obtuse ; the upper- 

 most triangular ; fructifications continued above and in front. 

 This species is a native of Jamaica. 



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32. Adiantum Macrophyllum ; Large-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Frond pinnate ; pinnas opposite, rhomboid acute, the lower 

 larger, the lowest sub-hastate, reflex fructifications con- 

 tinue in front and below. It is a native of Jamaica, in 

 moist and shady places. 



** Frond decompound. 



33. Adiantum Scandens ; Climbing Maiden-hair. Leaflets 

 wedge-shaped, equally gashed ; stem climbing. A native 

 of Cochin-China. 



34. Adiantum Striatum ; Striated Maiden hair. Frond 

 bipinnate; pinnules rigid, sickled -ovate; fructifications supe- 

 rior, interrupted ; stipe round, rough. Native of Jamaica. 



35. Adiantum Strictum ; Stiff Maiden-hair. Frond bi- 

 pinnate ; pinnas four-cornered, fastigiate, erect ; pinnules 

 alternate, polished, entire ; fructifications superior continued. 

 Also a native of Jamaica. 



36. Adiantum Microphyllum ; Small-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Frond bipinnate ; leaflets alternate, oblong, obtuse, crenate, 

 the lowest pinnatifid. It attains to the height of nine inches. 

 Native of Jamaica ; and is found among the rocks by the 

 river near St. Jago de la Vega. 



37. Adiantum Denticulatum ; Tooth-leaved Maiden-hair. 

 Pinnas alternate, trapezoid, acuminate, crenate, notches 

 tooth-letted ; fructifications superior, interrupted. This 

 species is a native of Jamaica. 



*** Frond super-decompound. 



38. Adiantum Fragile ; Brittle Maiden-hair. Frond bi- 

 pinnate, at top ; pinnas obovate wedge-shaped, entire ; fruc- 

 tifications interrupted. Native of Jamaica. 



. 39. Adiantum Tenerum ; Tender Maiden-hair. Pinnules 

 alternate, rhomb wedge-shaped, blunted, gashed ; fructifi- 

 cations interrupted. It is a native of Jamaica, has a black, 

 shining, branched stipe, from fourteen to eighteen inches 

 high, and is found in shady places. 



Adiantium Nigrum. See Asplenium. 



Adonis ; a genus of the class Polyandria, order Polygynia. 

 GENERIC CHAKACTER. Calix : perianth five-leaved ; leaf- 

 lets obtuse, concave, a little coloured, deciduous. Corolla : 

 petals five to fifteen, oblong, obtuse, shining. Stamina .- fila- 

 ments very short, subulate ; anthers oblong, inflex. Pistillii, 

 germs numerous, in a head ,- styles none ; stigma, acute, re- 

 flex. Pericarp, none. Receptacle oblong, spiked. Seeds 

 numerous, irregular, angular, gibbous at the base, reflex at the 

 top, a little prominent, naked. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 

 Calix: five-leaved. Petals: five or more, without a nectary. 

 Seeds . naked. The leaves are multifid in some species, in 

 others biternate. The flowers are terminating, varying in the 

 number of petals, from five to twelve or more : these are long, 

 narrow, red or yellow, without any nectary, as in Anemone, 

 which genus the Adonis-flower resembles, though its fruit 

 approaches more to the Ranunculus ; having the seeds on a 

 receptacle, more or less lengthened out, forming a bunch, 

 pretty much as in that genus. The species are, 



1. Adonis jEstivalis ; Tall Adonis. Corollas five-petalled, 

 heads of seeds ovate. This species is a native of the southern 

 counties of Europe, and is found among corn. It flowers in 

 May and June, is an annual plant, and if sown in autumn, 

 will appear in the following spring. They thrive best in a 

 light soil, and the seed should be sown where they are in- 

 tended to remain, as the plant will not bear transplanting. 



2. Adonis Autumnalis ; Common Adonis, Bird's Eye, Phea- 

 sant's Eye, Red Maithes, or Red Morocco. Its stalks is about 

 a foot high. It is a native of the southern parts of Eu- 

 rope, but grows in Kent by the side of the Medway, be- 

 tween Rochester and Maidstone, where it is met with in 

 great plenty. Among spring corn, there is rarely a plant of 



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