ADIANTUM. 



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A. C. dissectum — dis- sec 7 -turn (dissected), Moore. 



A very pretty variety, of garden origin, with fronds shorter and more 

 triangular than those of A. cuneatum, and furnished with pinnules (leafits) 

 more deeply cut than in that species. It is also of more compact habit, but 

 does not reproduce itself true from spores, and can only be propagated by 

 the division of the crowns. — Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, i., p. 26. 



Fig. 36, Adiantum cuneatum gracillimum 



(| nat. size). 



A. c. elegans — e'-leg-ans (elegant), Moore. 



The fronds of this pretty variety, of garden origin, are of a particularly 

 slender nature ; they are triangular and about 9in. long, besides the glossy 

 stalks, about 6in. long, on which they are borne, and are furnished with 

 numerous cuneate (wedge-shaped) leafits of a very light green colour 

 whose dimensions are intermediate between those of the typical species and 

 those of the popular A. c. gracillimum. Its habit is more erect than that of 

 the typical species ; it is also of quicker growth and reproduces itself freely 

 from spores. — Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iv., p. 484. 



