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Distribution : West Indies and Tropical 

 America, Mexico and Jamaica. 

 Cultivated. 



FIG- 24. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. 

 (a) Portion of fertile frond ( x |). (ft) Portion of sterile frond ( x 



7. Adiantum tenerum Sw. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipe about a foot long, 

 black, polished, naked except at the very base 



