A Dictionary of Choice Ferns. 
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ADIANTUM — continued. 
broaid. Besides tliis there are numerous rather distant 
lateral spear-shaped ones on each side. The leafits are ^in. 
to fin. long and :^in. broad, horizontal, and close together, 
somewhat sickle-shaped, and blunt at the point; they are 
of a leathery texture, dark green, smooth, very shiny, and 
gradually become smaller as they approach the summit of 
Fig. 56. Adiantum concinnum latum, an upright=habited 
variety of a popular species having large leaflets. 
the pinnae. The semi-oval sori are generally confined to the 
superior margin, where they are disposed in several oblong 
patches. 
A. cuneatum. 
This very old favourite, native of Brazil, is perhaps 
better known and more generally cultivated than any other 
