122 CHEILANTHES 



HAIRY LIP FERN: Cheildnthes landsa, 



(C. vestita.y 



Fronds 6 to 15 inches long, narrowly lance- 

 shaped in outline, hairy, twice pinnate; pinnae 

 rather distant; pinnules deeply lobed; stipes dark 

 and hairy; bears a strong resemblance to the rusty 

 Woodsia, from which it may be distinguished by 

 the absence of a joint on the stipe. 



Fruit dots very small, marginal, the ends of the 

 lobes of the pinnules reflexed, but pushed back by 

 the ripening sporangia. 



Found on cliffs from Connecticut to Minnesota, 

 Wyoming and southward. 



