126 CHEILANTHES 



FEE'S LIP FERN: Cheildnthes Feel 



(C. lanuginosa.^ 



Fronds 3 to 8 inches long, densely woolly on the 

 under side, slightly so above, twice or three times 

 pinnate; pinnules pinnatifid, or mostly divided 

 into small, roundish segments, terminal one the 

 largest; lowest pinnae rather distant; stipes dark, 

 hairy at' first. 



Fruiting portion much as in other lip ferns. 



Found on rocks in dense mats from Illinois and 

 IMinnesota westward and southward. 



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