aft ^ n^ 





w 



Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



ADIANTUM TRAPEZIFORME. 



Linn^us. Hooker. Fee. Swartz. Willdenow. Link. 



Moore and Houlston. Kunze. J. Smith. 



Presl. Linden. Galeotti. Seeman. Skinner. 



PLATE III. VOL. III. 



Adiantum eminens, 



" KlotzscJiianum, 



" formosissimum, 



a ft 



" jpentadactylon, 

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" rJiomboideum, 



Peesl. 



Peesl. 



Klotzsch. Pluhiee. 



Sloane. 



Langsdoeff and Fischee. 



Hookee and G-eeville. 



SCHKUHE. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Trajoeziforme — Rliomb- shaped leaves. 



This delicate, yet bold-looking species is well known to all 

 the principal Fern cultivators, but is seldom to be found in 

 small collections. Easily cultivated, and when grown as a large 

 specimen this Fern becomes so attractive an object, that it seems 

 desirable that it should be added to every collection. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Four times pinnate, the pinnules being large and of a brilliant 

 YOL. III. D 



