Prate L. 
CHEILANTHES opora, Sw. 
Natural Order Fiticrs. 
Gen. Cuar.—* Segments of the fertile fronds recurved and membra- 
nous at the edges, partly covering the sori. Sori forming a line, 
which follows the edges of the segments and leaves; the centre of the 
limb bare.’ Gren. et Godr. Fl. de Fr. in. 641. 
Spuc. Cuar.—Frond 4—7 inches long, very smooth, tripinnate below ; 
segments oval, petiolate, coriaceous. achis sparsely covered with 
scaly hairs. | 
Cheilanthes odora, Sw. 1. c. pp. 127 and 317; Gren. et Godr. Fl. de 
Fr. ui. 641; Woods, Tour. Fl. p..426. 
Hasirat.—Terrace walls, from 100 to 1334 feet elevation. Winter 
and spring. 
Remarks.—Cheilanthes odora, Sw., seems to be quite a southern 
plant, though it advances as far as the Pyrenees, and even to Susa, at 
the foot of Mont Cenis. Nyman gives the following stations :—Spain, 
. Italy, Dalmatia, Greece, and Mount Athos in Turkey. 
Expianation or Prats L.—Fig. 1, one of the segments, seen at the 
back. 
