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FERNS OF NORTH AMERICA.
P l a t e X X X V I I .
A D I A N T U M C A k l L L U S - V E N E R I S , L in n æ u s .
V en u s -H a ir. M aid en -H a ir.
A d ia n t u m C a p i l l u s - V e n e r i s Root-stock creeping, scaly ;
stalks crowded, a few inches to a foot long, very slender, black
and shining, as are the rachis and all its divisions; fronds a
span to a foot and a half long, often pendent, ovate or ovate-
lanceolate in outline, delicately membranaceous, smooth, simply
pinnate towards the apex, below twice or even thrice pinnate;
pinnules and upper pinnæ six to twelve lines long, wedge-
obovate or somewhat rhomboid, rather long-stalked, the sides
straight or slightly concave, the upper margin often deeply and
irregularly incised; the ends of the lobes crenate or acutely
denticulate, except where the margin is recurved to form the
lunulate or transversely oblong separated involucres.
Adiantum Capiilus-Veneris, L ih n æ ü s , Sp. PL, p. 15 58 .— S w a r t z , Syn
Fil., p. 12 4.— W i l l d e n o w , Sp. PL, v., p. 449. — H o o k e r , Sp
Fil., ii., p. 36, t. Ixxiv, B ; British Ferns, I. 41. — M o o r e , Nat
Pr. Brit. Ferns, t. xlv; Index Fil., .p. 20. — K o c h , Syn. FI
Germ, et Helv., ed. ill., p. 738.— E a t o n , in Bot. Mex. Bound
Survey, p. 2 3 3 ; Chapman’s Flora, p. 591. — G r i s e b a c h . FL Brit
W. Indies, p. 666. — H o o k e r & B a k e r , Syn. FIL, p. 12 3. — M i l d e ,
Fil. Eu. et Atlant., p. 30 .— M c K e n , Ferns of Natal, p. 5 .—
B e d d o m e , Ferns of Southern India, p. 2, t. iv.— K e y s e r l in g ,
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