HORTUS VEITCHII 



ADIANTUM JETHIOPICUM, L., var. SCABEUM, Kze. 



Syns. A. scalrum, Kze. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advt.) ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1862, p. 11. 

 This Silver Maiden-hair Fern, a native of Chili, sent by Richard 

 Pearce, is of dwarf habit, with oblong fronds and black stipes ; the 

 pinnules, oblong or trapeziform, are sprinkled on both surfaces with 

 farinose powder. 



ADIANTUM COLPODES, Moore. 



Gard. Chron. 1865, p. 530. 



Baised from spores collected in Ecuador by Richard Pearce, the fronds 

 tinted with rose-colour in the young state like those of Adiantum tinctum, 

 somewhat resemble A. Capillus-veneris in outline, but the sori are very 

 distinct. The margin of the pinnule has a crenated appearance with 

 bay-like recesses as the specific name implies. 



ADIANTUM CONCINNUM, H. B. R., var. LATUM, Moore. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, p. 14, fig. p. 2. 



A beautiful form, differing from the type in having broader fronds, a 

 more erect habit and stronger growth. 



It was introduced from Muna, a Province of Peru, through Richard 

 Pearce, and exhibited for the first time before the Royal Horticultural 

 Society in May 1867. 



ADIANTUM CUNEATUM, L. & P., var. GRANDICEPS, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 685. 



A variety of garden origin, a multifid form of the well-known Adiantum 

 cuneatum, of the same habit of growth as the type, differing only in 

 tasselled apices. 



ADIANTUM DIGITATUM, PresL, var. SPECIOSUM, Hook. 



Syns. A. speciosum, Horfc. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1875, p. 10, fig. p. 1 ; Fl. and Pom. 1875, p. 272, fig. 

 A variety from Peru, with the whole of the pinnules covered with dense 

 short hairs, a woolly feeling to the touch. 



The semi-scandent habit and the deciduous fronds are uncommon 

 characters in the genus to which the Maiden-hair Ferns belong. 



ADIANTUM HENSLOVIANUM, Hook. f. 



Syns. A. sessilifolium, Hook. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1874, p. 15 ; Moore in PI. and Pom. 1873, p. 277. 

 A distinct greenhouse species of Adiantum with fronds 2| to 3 ft. 

 in length, of a semi-pendulous character, sent from Peru through Richard 

 Pearce. 



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