Gardneriane. N. O. Filices. 
TAB. CDLXXXVII. 
CHEILANTHES MONTICOLA. Gardn. 
Frondibus pinnatis, pinnis oblongis obtusis crenatis glabris, 
basi superiore auriculatis. 
Cheilanthes monticola. Gardn. Herb. Bras. n. 3557. 
Has. On the perpendicular face of Schistose rocks, in a deep 
narrow ravine near the summit of the Serra de Natividade, 
province of Goyaz, Brazil. January, 1840. 
Radix fibrosa, fibrillis pilosis. Rhizoma parvum, subglobosum. 
Frondes plures, fasciculate, pinnate. Stipes vix pollicaris, 
atro-fuscus, hispidus, semiteres, supra canaliculatus. rons 
3-4 pollicaris. Rachis filiformis, glaber. Pinne alterne, ses- 
siles, 5 lin. long, oblonge, obtuse, crenata, glabre, basi 
sursum auriculate, deorsum subtruncate. Vene interne, 
pinnate, furcate, venulisque divergentes, apice sorifere. 
ort marginales, oblongi. Indusia oblonga, membranacea, 
albida. Sporangia pedicellata, obovata, annulo fere completo 
cincta. Sporule subrotunde, sub lente scabrellz. 
The only other species of Cheilanthes with simply pinnated 
fronds is C. micropteris, Sw., from the Andes of Peru. It differs 
from the present plant by its more slender habit and nearly 
rounded hairy pinne.—G. Gardner. 
Fig. 1. Pinna. f. 2, 3. Sporangia. f. 4. Sporules:—magnified. 
