![](http://www.sacklunch.net/ads/ad6.jpg)
Note: Do not rely on this information. It is very old.
Adiantum
Adiantum, the genus of ferns known as Maidenhair, including upwards of sixty species, natives of hot and temperate climates. They have slender hair-like leaf-stalks, often black; leaflets, generally trapezoid, pinnate, or pedate; veins, forked or netted; and fructification, oblong or rounded, and covered by the reflexed margin of the frond. They are closely related to the Bracken (Pteris). A syrup is prepared from them, known as Capillaire.