32 ADIANTUM CUNNINGHAM1. 



think that the A. affine of Hooker, is the A. setulosum of 

 J. Smith; and that A. Cunninghami of Hooker, is the true 

 A. affine of Willdenow. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern with glabrous fronds. 



Discovered by Mr. Allan Cunningham, in the northern island 

 of New Zealand. 



Bi-tripinnate to tri-quadripinnate, pinnules rather small, dimi- 

 diate, oblong-obtuse, obliquely wedge-shaped at the base; superior 

 margin inciso-serrate. 



Length of frond from twelve to fourteen inches, width usually 

 about seven inches; deep green in colour; half the stem naked. 

 Stipes and rachis ebeneous and glossy, stipes covered with long 

 red scales, which are larger and more apparent near the base. 



Sori numerous, seven to ten on a pinnule, indusium reniform, 

 exceedingly pretty, being dark in the centre, and paler-coloured 

 round the edge. 



Fronds lateral, attached to a scaly creeping rhizoma. 



This desirable Fern is easily cultivated, and can be procured 

 from Ttollisson, of Tooting; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's 

 Wood; Veitch, Jun., of Chelsea; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Parker, 

 of Holloway; and Cooling, of Derby. 



I am indebted to Mr. Ingram, of the Royal Gardens, Windsor; 

 Mr. Moore, of the Botanic Gardens, Chelsea; and Mr. Masters, 

 of Canterbury, for plants; and to Mr. Norman, of Hull; and 

 Mr. Henderson, of Wentworth, for fronds. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



