The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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BLACK MAIDENHAIR. 
A D I A N f U M N I r, R U M. 
"-THE leaf has a long footftalk. The pinna; are fubdivided into broad, jagged fegments. The 
feeds are placed in lines. 
Round-leaved Blac'-; Maidenhair, F:/ix ekgans 
adianto nigra accedsns fegmentis rotundiorihus^ 
Dwarf Black Maidenhair, Filix pimila petraa 
cdianti wg'i ^mula. Scarce two inches 
high. 
Fine cut Black Maidenhair, Filix mimr longi- 
folia pinmhi tmuijfimis iacimatis. In Ireland. 
Winged Maidenhair, Adiantum nigrum data 
caule. The leaves glofly and dark green* 
I. Black Maidenhair. 
Adiatltmn nigrum villgars. 
The plant is ten inches high. 
The ftalk is naked, and of a glofly black. 
The pinna: are broad, of a dark green, and 
deeply cut. 
The feeds ftand in rows on the under-fide. 
It is common in woods. 
C. Bauhir.e calls it Adiantum foBs longioribus 
fulvendsntis. 
We have fi-x other fpecies. 
I, Baftard-hemlock-lcaved Maidenhair, Adian--. 
turn nigrum pinnulis clcutaria divifura. A 
tender plant. 
B. Small, flowering. Black Maidenhair, Adi- 
antum trifpum alpimmi. . Thefe two are by 
fome called white maidenhairs. 
This is the compleat lift of Englijh ferns and 
capiila}y plants. 
Many virtues are attributed to them ; but ex- 
-.^erience does not fupport the account. The 
' common male fern and the ofmund royal are cele- 
brated againft the rickets ; and many have tried 
them, but unfucccfsfuiiy. The Maidenhairs are 
eminently good againft diforders of the breaft 
and lungs. 
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