CHEILANTHES. 



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GENUS VIII. 



CHEILANTHES. Swartz. 



A MOST lovely family of delicate dwarf Ferns, having sub- 

 globose marginal small sori, and the margin of the frond 

 reflexed. Tropical for the most part, and inhabitants of dry 

 rocky situations. 



Veins forked and free. 



Sir W. Hooker describes seventy species in his "Species 

 Filicum/' a list of which is here given. 



Cheilanthes micropteris. 



Stcartz. 



Brazil. 





' argentea. 



Kunze. 



Siberia. 





* farinosa. 



Kaulfuss. 



East Indies. 





^ pulveracea. 



Presl. 



Mexico. 





' rufa. 



Don. 



India. 





* Dalhousiae. 



Hooker. 



India. 





pteroides. 



Swartz. 



Cape of Good Hope 





^ squamosa. 



Gillies. 



Argentine Republic 





* fragrans. 



Webh ^ Berth. 



Mediterranean. 





' tenuifolia. 



Swartz. 



East Indies. 





* Preissiana. 



Kufize. 



New Zealand. 





' Sieberi. 



Kunze. 



New Holland. 





' microphylla. 



Swartz. 



Jamaica. 





* Tweediana. 



Hooker. 



Brazil. 





' Seemanni. 



Hooker. 



Mexico. 





' Moritziana. 



Kunze. 



Venezuela. 





' elongata. 



Willdenow. 



West Indies. 





' obtusata. 



Presl. 



Peru. 





' crenata. 



Kunze. 



Peru. 





* Wrightii. 



Hooker. 



iexas. 





' subvillosa. 



Hooker. 



India. 





' bulbosa. 



Kunze. 



India. 





* pygmoea. 



Kaulfuss. 



Mexico. 





' variansj. 



Hooker. 



India. 



