84 ADIANTUM HISPIDULUM. 



as in the present instance, that name be A. hispidulum, it 

 matters but little whether it be a distinct species, or merely 

 A . pifbescefis, var. hispidulum. What the cultivator requires, is 

 a correct knowledge of the names of the plants that he is 

 growing, in order that he may be enabled to name them 

 properly. If a variety happens to be constant in its peculiarities, 

 it is as valuable to him as a distinct species. 



A greenhouse evergreen Fern. 



Native of New Zealand and New Holland. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the year 1824, 

 having been received from Mr. Allan Cunningham. 



The form of the frond is bipinnate, the lower branches being 

 bipartite, and above pinnate; the pinnules bluntly oblong, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, and crenate on the margins; the branches 

 small and slender. 



The fronds, which are somewhat hairy, are from five to eight 

 inches in length; dark green in colour, the venules marking 

 the frond on the upper surface, and giving it a rough appearance. 



Sori small, indusium reniform, from six to eight on a pinnule. 



Fronds lateral, attached to a creeping slender rhizoma. Pin- 

 nules very small, and having scarcely any petiole. The young 

 fronds are much paler in colour. 



Plants have been received from Messrs. A. Henderson, of 

 Pine-apple Place; Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Masters, of 

 Canterbury; and Veitch, of Chelsea. 



It may be procured at a moderate price at any of the following 

 Nurseries: — A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place; Masters, of 

 Canterbury; Parker, of Holloway; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's 

 Wood; Rollisson, of Tooting; Sim, of Foot's Cray; Veitch, Jan., 

 of Chelsea; Booth, of Hamburgh; Osborn and Son, of Fulham; 

 and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own possession. 



