138 ADIANTUM 



MAIDENHAIR FERN: Adidntum pedatum. 



Fronds 8 to 20 inches high^ nearly circular in 

 outline; stipes dark and shining, erect, forked at 

 the summit, each branch bearing on one side sev- 

 eral pinnate divisions; pinnules numerous, short- 

 stalked, without a midvein. 



Fruit dots marginal; indusium formed by the 

 reflexed edges of the toothlets. Nearly every 

 frond fertile. 



Found in moist woods, growing in clumps, 

 widely distributed. 



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