Il6 CHEILANTHES CALIFORNICA. SHIELD-LIKE LIP-FERN. 



texture, and is still more finely divided." But these resem- 

 blances are but superficial. When a portion of the fruiting 

 frond, as in our Fig. 2, is examined, the student will have no dif- 

 ficulty in distinguishing it readily from its allies. In its native 

 locations it is found growing on rocks in situations partially 

 shaded from the full sun. It has not yet been much cultivated, 

 but when the opportunity occurs for obtaining it, a knowledge 

 of its natural location will assist its successful culture. A writer 

 in an English paper, who has had experience with a closely allied 

 species of the Pacific coast, says " it must be planted in a select 

 nook in peat and sand, with pieces of limestone placed about it, 

 and it is as well to protect it well during the winter." It is not 

 likely that it would endure the severe frosts of our Atlantic win- 

 ters, unless the last suggestion is pardcularly heeded. 



Explanations of the Plate. — i. A complete plant from San Mateo. 2. Pinnule in fruit, 

 much enlarged. 



