Tortiou of mature Frond— under side. 



ADIANTUM CAUDATUM. 



Linnaeus. Moore and Houlston. Hooker. 

 Fee. Burman. Presl. Kaulfuss. Sprengel. Swartz. 



SCHKUHR. WlLLDENOW. 

 PLATE II. — A. VOL. III. 



Adlantum hirsutum, 

 incisum, 

 vestitum, 

 cilia turn, 

 flagelliferum, 

 capillus Gorgonis, 



BOEY. "WlLLBENOW. 

 FoESEAHL. 



Wallich. 

 Bltjme. 

 Wallich. 

 Webb. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Caudatum — A tail. 



An evergreen stove species, very different in appearance to 

 the majority of the Maiden-hair Ferns. 



The usual length of the frond is from twelve to eighteen 

 inches; in form it is elongated, attenuated, hairy, not unfre- 

 quently rooting at the apex; the pinnoe oblong-obtuse, being- 

 wedge-shaped at the base; the upper margin separated into 

 small dilatate segments. Pinnae rather thick, membranaceous, 

 the veins mostly prominent and well seen. 



Pachis and stipes pale brown, devoid of pinna? at the apex, 

 terminal, rising out of a fasciculate rhizoma, clothed with 

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