Pinna of mature Frond— upper side. 



CHEILANTHES MICROMERA. 



Link. Moore and Houlston. Hooker. Sloan. 

 Plumier. SCIIOTT. 



PLATE XVI. VOL. IV. 



Lonchitis minima, Plumier. 



Cheilanthes onicrophylla, Swautz. Hooker. Willdenow. 



*' " J. Smith. Kunze. Presl. Fee. 



** " {Not of Link or Kaulfuss.) 



" puhescens, Schlechtendal. 



Casseheera microphylla, J. Smith. 



Adiantum microphyllum, Swartz. 



" nigrum, Sloan. 



Cheilanthes — From the Greek; a lip, aud a Jlower. Micromera — ? 



A PREiTTY, well-known, dwarf species, easily cultivated. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of Tropical America, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, 

 West Indian Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru. 



This species must not be confused with others. For the 

 guidance of those who do not know the species, it is requisite 

 to state that C. macrophylla, C. microphyUa ^ C. microjitcris , and 

 C. micromera, are all different species. 



C. micromera of Link, is C. micropliylla of Swartz and Kunze. 

 C. micropJiylla of Kaulfuss, is C. Moritziana of Kunze. C. 

 macrophyJla, Kunze. C. micropteris, Swartz. 



