112 



prodr. 1. h pag. 11. Schkulir 1. 1. t. 125 (bona) Lesson et 

 Richard Toy* de TAstrolabe, botanique I. p. 83. (non Link). 



Var.? controcta K%e. fronde oblonga, tripinnata; pinnis 

 erectinsculis; pinnulis minutisj ovato-oblongis obovatisve, 

 crenatis; rhacliibus stipiteque purpurascentibus. 



Tn arenosis umbtosis sylvarum ad tluvium Cygnorum, Jul, 1839. Herb, Prelss. 

 No. 1307. (Pruinmond No. 999.) 



Specimin.-i, soris juvenilibus et fronde fenniori praedita, non nisi notis 

 Kupra iiidicatis a forma normali diflerunt et cum Druinmondian5s conveniiint. 

 Num filix a C tenuifolia S\v. specie distingui possit, ulterior observatio 

 docebit. Adhiic earn ut varietatem proponere satlus duxi. De C tenuifolia 

 Lk. vld, infra C Sieberi. 



2. Clieilantliei^i Pref.«i)§iailJi Kunze. fronde coriacea? 



glabra, breviter oblonga. bipinnato-pinnatifida s." tripinnata; 

 pinnis triangulari-oblongis, inferioribus adscendentibusj remo- 

 tis; pinnulis laeiniisve e basi cuneata ovatis (in fronde juniori 

 ciilta trapezio-ovatis), obtusiusculis, incisis s. pinnatisectis; 

 soris subcontinuis, indusiis deniuni inciso-laceris; rhaclii- 

 bus flexuosis stipiteque longiusculo purpurascenti-ebeneisj 

 paleaceo-villosis; rhizomate brevi^ horizontal! , fusco-pa- 



leaceo. 



In rupestribus districtns York, Sept. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1308. (In 

 insula Bonrou LabilJardiere; in Nova Zeelandia cl. Lesson). 



Antea banc plnntam Cheilanthis ambiguae Rich. (1. 1. p. 84.) v^arietateni 

 credidi; sed nunc fillceiu eaudem Lessonianam, quani ex arnica manu Meratii 

 acceperoTTi , a Ricbardo neglectam , et CA. ainbignam vix veram generi<^ 

 speciem esse, vero similius luilii videtur. Ilanc nondum vidi. 



Nostra babitu Ch. tenuifoliae Sw, hand absiinilis differt: rhacbibus 



h 



pilosis, stipite longiori et soris continuis. 



Sporis Preissianis a. IS43 enata viget fertilis in horto bot. Lipsiensi. 



3. Clieilantties .Sieberi Kunze. fronde membranacea, 



glabra, iineari-lanceolata, bipinnato-pinnatifida; pinnis ere- 

 ctisj remotisj abbrcTiatis, subtriangularibus, inflniis longius 

 petiolatis, oppositis; pinnulis oblongis, decurrentibus, infe- 

 rioribus inciso-pinnatifidis, supremis sinuatis; soris discre- 

 tis; rhachi stipiteque breviusculo purpiireis, glabris; rhizo- 

 mate repente, ramoso, parce paleaeeo. Index sem h, bot. 

 Lips, a, 1839. 



Ch. tenuifolia Link. spec. fil. h. r. Berol. p. 64. (excl. 

 synon.) Ch, tenuifolia Sieber syn. fil. n. 116. fl. mixta 

 n. 250. 



In rupium rimis ad roontem Brown, York, Mart. 1839. Herb. Preisi^, No. 1304. 



A Ch. tenuifolia Sav. abunde differt: fronde memhranacea, lineari-lan- 

 ceoluta, pinnis abbreviatis, triangidaribus, stipite non nisi ima basi rufo -pa- 

 leaeeo et aliis. Ch. rupestris Wall, paullisper affinis, pinnis angnstioribiis 

 longe acuminatis facile recognoscenda. 



Cheilanthem tenuifoliam a. 1824. in bortis Angliae receptam, ei 

 horto r. Btrolhieusi origineni duxisse reor. 



