Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



CHEILANTHES HIRTA. 



SwARTz. Hooker. Willdenow. Kunze. 

 Moore and Houlston. Link. Presl. Fee. 



PLATE XVIII. VOL. IV. 



Adiantum Caffrorum, Swartz. Blume. Kunze. 



Cheilanthes — From the G-reekj a U^, and a flower. Hirta — Hairy, 



An exceedingly handsome delicate Fern. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of Mexico, Cape of Good Hope, Port Natal, Gra- 

 ham's Town, and Java Mountains. 



Introduced into this country in 1816. 



Fronds linear-lanceolate, sub-tripinnate, and densely covered 

 with glandulose hairs. The pinnules pinnatifid, oblong-obtuse, 

 and small in size; the segments crenate. 



Sori copious, and more or less confluent. 



Rachis and stipes reddish brown; rhizoma somewhat erect. 



Sori distinct, situated on each segment of the fertile frond, 

 and eventually becoming confluent; colour reddish. 



Length of frond from six to sixteen inches; colour pale 

 green. 



Kunze describes four varieties, namely: — 



Cheilanthes olicacea, Fee. {C hirta, var., Kunze.) 



C. parvilohaj Fee. (C. hirta var. parmloba, Kunze.) 



