Which feature gives Adiantum, a member of Filicinae, the name maidenhair fern?

1. A Option A: Stipe (stalk) and rachis of leaf have black smooth and shiny hair like structures
2. B Option B: Its short thick branched horizontally growing rhizome
3. C Option C: Shows heteromorphic alternation of generation
4. D Option D: Fibrous adventituous roots arise from the lower side of rhizome

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