34 CHEILANTHES FARINOSA. 



Native of Mexico, India, Arabia, Abyssinia, Bourbon, Ceylon, 

 Philippine Islands, and Java. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1840, by the 

 late Mr. Riley. 



Fronds glabrous; triangular, or more frequently elongate- 

 triangular in form; bipinnatifid, with oblong-obtuse segments. 

 Rachis and stipes ebeneous, a few reddish brown long scales 

 near the base; terminal, and adherent to an erect fasciculate 

 rhizoma. The frond densely covered beneath with a white 

 farinose powder; colour above, dull green. 



Sori linear, continuous, and eventually becoming confluent. 

 Indusium extending throughout every segment of the frond. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches, of which 

 the lower half is naked. 



Rachis and stipes densely covered with a white farinose 

 powder. 



Basal pinnae eared below. 



There are two Varieties of this species: — 



Var. 1, almost destitute of powder. Found at Oaxaca, 

 Mexico, by M. Galleotti. 



Yar. 2, small, compact, and rigid. Found at Madras, by 

 Dr. Wight. This is the Cheilanthes rigidula of Wallich. 



For plants my thanks are due to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth, and Mr. E. Cooling, of Derby; and for fronds to 

 Mr. Joseph Henderson ; Mr. Jeans, of Grantham ; Sir William 

 Hooker, of the Royal Gardens, Kew; and Mr. G. Norman, of 

 Hull. 



It may be procured of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. John's 

 Wood; Kennedy, of Covent Garden; Veitch, of Chelsea; 

 Rollisson, of Tooting; A. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place: Sim, 

 of Foot's Cray; Booth, of Hamburg; Stansfield, of Todmorden, 

 and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



