Portion of mature Frond — under side. 



ADIANTUM AFFINE. 



wllldenow. peesl. hooker. allan cunningham. 



Fee. Endlicher. 



PLATE VII. VOL. III. 



Adiantum setulosum, 



trapezifurme, 



J. Smith. Kukze. 



ScHKUHE. FoESTEB, not LlNJST^US. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Affine — Allied. 



This lovely little Maiden-hair Fern is found in the damp 

 woods of New Zealand, and on Norfolk Island. It is easily 

 cultivated, and makes an interesting specimen. Dr. M'c William 

 introduced this species into England in the year 1845. Although 

 not yet generally cultivated, it is, nevertheless, in many of our 

 principal Nurserymen's Catalogues, and may be purchased at 

 a reasonable price. 



An evergreen stove species. 



The fronds are usually bipinnate, yet occasionally tripinnate, 

 having lanceolate-acuminate pinnae, the lower ones being bipar- 

 tite; pinnules dimidiate, oblong, obtusely wedge-shaped at the 

 base, curved, membranaceous, superior margin of the pinna? 

 bluntly crenate, having the deep sinuses soriferous. Sori from 



four to eight on a pinnule, indusium hairy and rcniform. The 

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