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nules closely overlapping, base wedge-shaped 
with curved sides, outer margin rounded, very 
deeply and narrowly cut. Texture thin. We 
have not seen this variety in fruit. [Fig. 26.] 
Fic. 26.—Adiantum tenerum Sw. var. farleyense. 
A few pinnules (nat. size). 
8. Adiantum capillus veneris L. 
Rhizome creeping, densely scaly. Stipes 
scaly, purplish black and polished. Fronds 2-3 
pinnate; ultimate pinnules 4-1 inch broad, 
obliquely fan-shaped with the upper edge ir- 
regularly rounded, sometimes broadly lobed, 
lobes finely toothed when sterile; rachis and 
