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Indusium absent. Sori marginal, borne on the vein-tips, ± confluent. Stipes and rhachises black or dark red-brown Adiantaceae
False indusium covering and bearing the sorus, consisting of a sharply reflexed, flap formed by the lamina(Fig. 17). Rhachises and stipes black or dark brown Adiantum
Each ultimate frond-segment attached by a very short stalk at the lower corner of the segment, dimidiate
Sori in deep notches between the lobes of the ultimate leaf-segments. Rhizome usually short and tufted
Ultimate frond-segments sparingly setulose with minute, stiff, black or brown setae especially near the margin. Rhizome tufted; the rootlets with prominent dark bulbils. Plants 10–35 cm high. Widespread. RF. On earth banks or near waterfalls Adiantum diaphanum