07. ADIANTUM. § t. Et-ADIANTUM. d. CUNEATAE. SSS 



c.M. long, IB— 25 c.M. broad, deltoid, 3— 4-pinnate. Lower branches 5—8 

 c.M. broad. Leaflets numerous, >/j— 2 c.M. broad, the base cuneate, the outer 

 edge obliquely rounded, deeply lobed, the lobes whether or not lobed again. 

 Texture thin; rachis and surfaces naked; veins terminating in the angles of 

 the sinuses between the ultimate serratures. Sori + 4—6 to a leaflet, ob- 

 reniform, placed in distinct semiorbicular or circular hollows, the sporangia 

 springing from the veins and parenchyma. — A variable species with many 

 garden varieties. 



In cuUivation. — Orig. loc: Brasilia, Peru, Argentinia. 



* (26) A. capillus veneris, JL., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 123; Bedd., 

 Ferns S.L, tab. IV; Bk., Spec. Fil., II, tab. LXXIV, B; Bau. & Hk., Gen. Fil., 

 tab. LXVI, B. 



Slipes slender, 10 — 25 c.M. long, naked, polished, blackish. Fronds 2- 

 pinnate at least at the base, 20-.-40 c.M. long, deltoid-oblong. Branches 

 alternate. Leaflets to 3 c.M. long, 1 — 2*/2 c.M. broad, the base cuneate, the 

 outer edge obliquely rounded, deeply lobed from the circumference in the 

 direction of the base, the lobes again bluntly crenate and slightly lobed and 

 whether or not serrulate. Textui-e pellucido-herbaceous ; rachises and surfaces 

 naked; veins terminating in the ultimate crenations or serratures. Sori round- 

 ish or Iransversally oblong, slightly curved, placed in slightly rounded, shallow 

 hollows, the sporangia springing from the veins only. — Variable, with several 

 garden varieties. 



Paleolropical, Temperate Asia ^ Africa, South. Europe. 



§ 1. EU-ADIANTUM. e. Peckatae. 



$. Surfaces hispid. (27) A. bispidulura. 



§.$. Surfaces naked. 



^. Leaflets imbricated over the rachises. (28) A. stenochlamys. 



>tc.;K' Leaflets not or hardly imbricated over the rachises. (29) A. flabellulatum. 



» (27) A., hispidulum, Sw., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 145; Bedd., Ferns 

 S.I., tab. III. 



Rhizome short-creeping or erect, scaly. Stipes strong, erect, polished, 

 dark-brown, 15-35 c.M. long, scabrous and rough-hairy. Fronds irregularly 



