ADIANTUM. 



pinnated frond, and their disposition into five pinnse in the 

 pedate form. It requires a warm stove. 



A. KENIFORME (Kidney-shape-leaved). An elegant, dwarf, 

 evergreen Fern, from Madeira, with simple fronds growing on 

 stalks from 3 to 6 inches long. It will exist in a good green- 

 house, but we have always found it difficult to keep alive and 

 in health there. The fronds are uncommonly beautiful, of a 

 bright shining green. The spore-masses are placed close to the 

 edge of the reniform fronds, and nearly touch each other. 

 Every collection ought to have a specimen of this charming 

 little Fern. 



A. ASAEIFOLIUM (Asarum-leaved). A native of Mauritius 



and Bourbon is now gene- 

 rally looked upon as a 

 variety of the preceding 

 species. It differs only in 

 being larger, more coria- 

 ceous or leathery, and the 

 two lobes at the base of 

 the frond being developed, 

 so as to meet or even to 

 overlap. 



A. SETULOSUM (Bristly). 

 This species is from 

 ISTorfolk Island. Frond 

 bipinnate or twice-winged. 

 It may be known at once 

 by the black bristle-like 

 hairs of the upper sur- 

 face of the fronds. A free- 

 Fig. 2. Adiantum tenerum. (Naturalize.) g rowin S s P ecies > easil 7 



increased by division. 



A. TENERUM (Tender), Fig. 2. From the West Indies. 

 Is a Very beautiful Fern, easily propagated by dividing 

 the creeping rhizome or rootstock. It is evergreen, glabrous, 



