124 CHEILANTHES 



WOOLLY LIP FERN: Cheildnthes tomentosa. 



Fronds 8 to 20 inches high, long lance-shaped, 

 densely woolly, especially beneath, bearing a gen- 

 eral resemblance to the hairy lip-fern, but is three 

 times pinnate; ultimate pinnules very small, 

 rounded; stipes dark, densely woolly. 



Fruit dots marginal; indusium formed by the 

 reflexed edges of the pinnules. 



Found on exposed rocks from Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky southward and westward. 



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