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A S P L E N I U M adiantum - nigrum.
Sj>. Plan. 1 541 , Ray Syn. 126. Flo. Scot. 665. E/o. 454.
Ger. Em. 1 1 3 7 . Park. 1406.
T A B . XVII.
B L x\ C K M A I D E N H A I R .
^ I "'HE roots are long, large, and black, furniilied with many long
A fibres, by which it fixes itfelf fo firmly in the places where it grows
that it is with great difficulty dug out.
Firft leaves from five to ten inches in length; rib black, gloíTy, and
naked for half its length from the root ; figure of the leafy part tapering,
broadeft below, diminiihing gradually to the top.
Second leaves ten or fifteen pairs, oppofite or alternate, triangular, broad
at the bafe, tapering to the point, of a fine bright gloffy green above, paler
underneath.
Lobes from four to fcveii pairs, one or two o f the firft pairs divided down
to the nerve o f the fecond leaves ; in luxuriant and full-grown fpecimens
thefe lobes are again partly lobed, the other pairs becoming gradually confluent
at the top of the fecond leaves.
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