128 CHEILANTHES 



ALABAMA LIP FERN: 



Cheildnthes alahamensis. 



Fronds 4 to l6 inches long, smooth, lance-shaped 

 in outline, twice pinnate; pinnae numerous, short- 

 stalked; pinnules often eared or lobed; stipes 

 dark, slender. 



Fruit dots marginal; indusium formed by the re- 

 flexed margins of the pinnules, j^ale, rather broad, 

 nearly continuous. 



Found on rocks from Virginia to Missouri and 

 southward. 



