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ADIANTÜM VARIÜM.
H o o k e r . W i l l d e n o w .
P L A T E X V I I I . VOL. I I I .
Adiantum fructuosum,
“ ie tr a p h y llum .
“ villosum,
K u n z e , (not L i n k or S p e e n s e l . )
S iEB E E , (not W i l l d e n o w , K l o t z s c h ,
or M i g u e l . )
L in n æ u s . W i l l d e n o w . S w a e t z .
SCIIKOITK.
Adiantum— D r y . Varium— V a r io u s .
A HAND.SOME F e rn , and one p re tty well distributed in our
English gardens. I t is rather delicate, req u irin g care in its
cultivation, and to be k ep t in a very warm atmosphere.
Some authorities place A d ia n tum varium and A . villosum as
two different F e rn s, yet they seem to run so closely into each
other, that it is impossible to say which belongs to which;
they have therefore been here considered as one and the same
F e rn , especially as Humb o ld t and K u n th have remarked, “ an
idem cum A d ia n to villoso.” Sir. IV. J. Hooker, although he
