TAD OXXXIV. 
CHEILANTHES FARINOSA. 
FILICES.—GvmArTz. Br.  PorivPopIACERX. Kaulf. | Firrczs vere. Willd. 
Gzx. Cuag. CHEILANTHES, Sm.  Sori marginales, punctiformes; capsulis sinu involucri 
insertis. —Znvolucrum marginale, interius liberum scariosum, v. e crenula ipsius marginis 
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replicata formatum. Zr. 
CHEILANTHES farinosa; fronde pinnata, pinnis subtus niveo-farinosis deltoideo-lanceolatis pinna- 
tifidis, laciniis oblongis integerrimis infimis pinnarum inferiarum iterum pinnatifidis, indusiis 
subcontinuis, stipite squamoso. 
Cheilanthes farinosa. Kawlf. Enum. Fil. p. 212. xia Syst. eset. v. 4. p. 115. Fall. MSS. 
(1823.) 
Cheilanthes dealbata. Dom Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 16? 
Pteris farinosa. Zorsk. FT. 4E. zhrab. p. 187. F'ahl. Symb. v. 8. t. 75. |: Swartz Syn. FM. p. 105. 
Jf illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 897. 
Pteris decursiva. /— Forsk. ZEz. 7frab. p. 186. (fide Kaulf.) | Swartz Syn. Fil. p.101. 
Pteris argyrophylla. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p.105. — JV'illd. Sp. Pl. p.361. 
Pteris argentea. — Hory It. v. 1. p. 327. 
Cheilanthes pulveracea. —.elig. Henk. p.64. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 115. 
Has. In Egypto. Forsk. Insula Borbonie. Hory. Mexico. Henke. In Nepalia. Zfamilton. 
JF'allich. Yn agro Madraspatano. JZright, Shuter. 
Jadiz e fibris numerosis, flexuosis, ramosis, fuscis. 
Stipites plures, czespitosi, digitales ad spithameeam, atro-purpurei, nitidissimi, paleaceo-squamosi; squamis sparsis 
membranaceis, fuscis, majusculis. 
Frons forma et magnitudine mire variat; nunc ovato-deltoidea, nunc lanceolata, palmaris ad pedalem vel etiam 
sesquipedalem, pinnata; pinnis lanceolatis, subdeltoideis, nempe basi semper latiore, profunde pinnatifidis, 
supra viridibus, subtus albido- vel niveo-farinosis, laciniis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, integris, 
siccitate incurvis, infimis, pinnarum inferiarum, elongatis, pinnatifidis. —acAis teres, nuda, costaque ater- 
rima. 
Sori marginales, interrupti, parvi. 
JInvolucra minuta, squamiformia, membranacea, marginalia, subcontinua, cito reflexa, evanescentia. 
Capsule dense congestze, sessiles, annulo lato, vix completo, cinctae. 
Semina globosa, subangulata. 
Fig. 1. Apex laciniz frondis cum soris (statu juniore). f. 2. Portio pinnse cum soris adultis. f. 3. Capsule. 
f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. 
The specimens from which our figure and description are taken of this plant were received from 
. the East India Company, with Dr. Wallich's name of Cheilanthes farinosa*, from Nepal. They are 
therefore in all probability the same as the CA. dealbata of Don's Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: the descrip-- 
tion of which entirely agrees with our plant, except that the indusium is said to be fimbriated, 
which is not the case in our specimen. We quite agree with Dr. Wallich in considering it to be the 
same as the /Egyptian Ch. farinosa; the figure of which given by Wallich, although stated by 
Kaulfuss to be bad, is yet sufficiently characteristic of our plant. It is probably not an uncommon 
species in other parts of the world; and I see no reason to separate the pulveracea of Presl in 
Fieliq. Hank. from our species, with which the description sufficiently accords. 
The involucra are very small, and soon disappear as the capsules advance to maturity. 
* Since the above was written, we find this plant marked as No. 65. of Dr. Wallich's printed list of the Ferns of his princely 
collection, and as ** C. dealbata Wall., Ch. farinosa Wallich (haud Kaulf.) Herb. 1823." And the following stations are given : 
* ]. Nepalia, 1820; 2. Proma, innedd: 1826 ; 3. Pundooal (De Silva) ; 4. var. vestita, ad Mareko, Nepali, 1829." "—We 
shall render our synonyms and stations, of East India Ferns especially, more complete in an Appendix to our work. 
