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A. cheilanthoides— cheil-anth-o-i'-des (Cheilanthes-like). 



A popular appellation for A. tomentosa, and one for which no authority 

 appears to be responsible. 



A. ciliata— cil-i-a'-ta (fringed with hairs). Synonymous with A. hirsuta. 



A. COllina — col-li'-na (from the hills), Faddi. 



This very rare, stove species, also known as A. hirta of J. Smith, is 

 a native of Brazil. It is quite distinct from most other known species o wing- 

 to the ferruginous (rusty) colour of the spreading hairs which densely clothe 

 the firm, upright stipes (stalks) Sin. to 12in. long. The fronds have their 

 barren portion 6 in. to 12in. long, 2in. to 3in. broad, and are conrposed of 

 about twelve pairs of sessile pinnse (stalkless leaflets), which are about Ifin, 

 long by Jin. broad, unequal-sided, blunt, and nearly entire : these pinna; are 

 of an almost leathery texture, set further apart than in most other species, 

 and their rachis (stalk of the leafy portion) is, like the stipes, covered with 

 spreading hairs of a rusty colour. The fertile portion, disposed at the base 

 of the barren one, consists of contracted segments 2in. to 3in. long, disposed 

 in a panicle, and borne on slightly hairy footstalks 4in. to Gin. long. See 

 Plate. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 432. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, 

 1, p. 73. 



A. cuneata — cun-e-a'-ta (wedge-shaped), Kunze. 



This very pretty, stove Fern, native of Cuba, may perhaps be but 

 a small, finely-cut form of A. adiantifolia, to which it appears related through 

 the nature of the creeping rhizome (prostrate stem) from which its prettily- 

 divided fronds are produced. The fronds are borne on slender, naked stipes 

 (stalks) 3in. to 4in. long : they are of an almost leathery texture, and have 

 their surfaces as well as the rachis (stalk of their leafy portion) quite smooth. 

 The barren segments are long-stalked, 3in. to 4in. long, and tripinnatifid 

 (divided three times half-way to the midrib) : they are furnished with 

 pinnules (leafits), the sub-divisions of which are linear -cuneate (narrow- wedge- 

 shaped) and cleft at their summit. The fertile segments are disposed in 

 a slender, loose panicle, with its lower branches elongated, and are borne on 

 slender footstalks ljin. long. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 434. 



A. deltoidea — del-toid'-e-a (delta-like). Synonymous with A. tomentosa. 



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