Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



AMANTUM CULTRATUM. 



J. Smith. Hooker. Peesl. 



PLATE XXI. VOL. III. 



Adiantum pentadacti/hn, 

 " trapeziforme, 



Of Gardens, (not of Langsdorff and 

 Fischer,, nor of Hooker & Greville.) 

 Fee. 



Adiantum — Dry. 



Cultratum — Sharp . 



A very handsome Fern, in the same section with Asplenium 

 trapeziforme, yet seemingly very distinct, not only in the form 

 of the pinnules, but in the colour of the indusium; in tra- 

 peziforme it is black, whilst in cultratum it is scarlet. The 

 Fern found in gardens under the name of A. pentadactylon, is 

 the present species. When plenty of room is given it, this 

 species grows into a handsome plant, and is not at all difficult 

 to cultivate. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of St. Vincent, St. Catharine's, and Brazil. 



The fronds, which are large, are decompound; the pinnules 

 being chartaceo-membranaceous, approximate, petiolate, spreading, 

 narrow, oblong, approximate, obliquely rhomboid, obtusely lobed, 

 and subincised, upper base truncate, and parallel with the rachis, 



