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ADI ANTUM CUNEATUM GRAOILLIMU M. 
Fronds 9 to 15 inches long, and 4 to 6 inches broad. The steins are 
dark purple, or nearly black, and very slender. The small engravings, 1 and 2, 
represent a portion of a frond full size. A stove fern. 
ADIANTUM EDGrEWORTHII. 
Fronds 10 to 12 inches long, fertile at the apex. The stems are dark 
brown, covered over with dark brown hairs. The small engravings, 1 and 2, 
represent the upper and lower surface of a pinnaes. Native of the East Indies. 
A stove fern. 
ADIANTUM EXCISUM MULTIFIDUM. 
Fronds from 12 to 16 inches in length. The apex of the fronds are very 
often divided into two or more branches which are sometimes again divided and 
gives it the appearance of a tassel, the stems are light green changing to nearly 
black with age. The small engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower 
surface of one of the pinnaes. A green-house fern. 
ADIANTUM FEEI. 
Fronds 18 to 24 inches long, the stems are covered all over with fine 
brown hairs The fronds when in a young state are of a bright red, changing to 
brown with age. The small engravings. 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower 
surface of one of the pinnaes. Native of Mexico. A stove fern. 
ADIANTUM MACROPHYLLUM. 
Fronds about 12 inches long, springing from a creeping rhizome, and are 
erect, when young they are pinkish changing to green, and the stems changing 
to black. The small engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface 
of one of the pinnaes. Native of the West Indies. A stove fern. 
ADIANTUM PERUVIANUM. 
Fronds from 15 to 30 inches long, stem purplish black, the pinnaes are 
2 to 2^ inches long. The small engravings, 1 and 2 represent the upper and lower 
surface of one of the pinnaes. Native of Peru. A stove fern. 
