Portion of mature Frond — under side. 



ADIANTUM CRISTATUM. 



llnn^cs. wllldenow. swartz. hooker. j. smith. 

 - Presl. Kunze. Kaulfuss. Fee. 



PLATE XXTI. VOL. III. 



Adiantum striatum, Swahtz. Jacqtjin - . Plumiek. Xtixze. 



Adiantum — Dry. Cristatum — Crested. 



A handsome yet imperfectly known stiff-growing species, 

 indeed in cultivation the name means almost any thing; varium, 

 villosum, serrulatum, denticulatum, intermedium, etc., are each 

 to be met with under the name of cristatum. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Jamaica, Cuba, and Caraccas, being a most abun- 

 dant Fern in the first-mentioned island. 



The form of the frond is subtriangular-ovate, bi-subtripinnate ; 

 pinnse lanceolate, caudately acuminate, the terminal one elon- 

 gated and very narrow, and the lowest pair mostly bipartite; 

 pinnules horizontal and approximate, obliquely oblong-ovate, 

 acute, antrorsely subfalcate, inferior base cuneate, superior base 



