96 Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ADIANTJJM— continued. 
are shallowly lobed. The frond® are borne on particularly 
rigid stalks, proceeding from a short-creeping scaly rhizome. 
The sori, from four to six to a pinnule, are roundish or 
kidney-shaped, and disposed in the centre of the lobes. 
Fig. 53. Adiantum BirKenheadii, a fine Fern, of garden origin, 
having a tufted habit. 
A. Bausei. 
Moore suggests that this beautiful Fern, of garden 
origin, is a possible hybrid between A. t r ape zi for me and 
A. Wagneri (A. decorum). It thrives equally well in either 
the intermediate or the warm house. Although partaking 
of some of the characters of both species above named, it 
