CRYFTOGAMIA FILICES. 665 



in tlie coves at IVeems we obfervcd fome imperfcft 

 {l;ii-/ed Tpecimens of this plant, which ue be- 

 licve to be the lame which Sihbald has dclcribed 

 under the name of /Jdia7ito vera fljjim Adiantum 

 noftras majus Ccriandri foiio^ ?'« cpice ncnnihil ro- 

 tunda^ pedkulo pnllide rubente, ^ibhoJd 'cot. iliufl, 

 ■p. 7. fart 2. and with which liis figures agree, /. 

 3./. lid 2, 



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Fronde decompojita. 



ruta tnura* ASFLENIUM frondibus alternatim decompofitis^ 



ria 6. foliolis cunciforniibus crenulatis. Sp.pl. i^jj, 



(Ger. em. 1 144./ ?. hlackwell t. 2 \(). Oed. Ban. 

 t. 190. cpt. Moris. Lift./. 14. /. 5,/. 12.) 

 Wall Rue, Rue IVIaidcnhajr. yinglis. 



- "" ' Out of the Bflurcs of rocks and old walk not nn- 



.*-' ■ frequent. '^. 



■ The leaves arife many from one root, are about a 



■'^'•- finger's length, and doubly branciied ; the pri- 



mary branch.es are alternate, the frconci.ri v are 

 generally furniflKd with three alternate, rhom- 



'": -'• boidal, crenated/>;w;r^, the up'perniofl- commonly 



, " . ". divided a little way down into two or three lobe.s. 



.; '.. ;: The irudification^ appear at firrt in two or three 



vellowilh lines, which, when ripe, run together^ 

 and almoft cover the under furface of the leaf. 

 The capfules are globular, Julcous, and fur- 

 rounded each with an articulated ring, which 

 burOing with a fpring, the capfule opens into 

 two hemifphxres, and cafls out its feeds. 



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