48 CHEILANTHES TENUIFOLIA. 



acuminate; segments oblong-ovate and deflexed. Fronds sub- 

 membranaceous and glabrous. 



R-acbis, stipes, and the midrib of pinnae brownish, and 

 having narrow scales. 



Sori circular, eventually confluent; indusium minute. 



Fronds terminal, and adherent to a creeping rhizoma. 



Length of frond twelve inches; colour light green. 



For a plant I am indebted to Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray; 

 and for fronds to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of Wentworth, and 

 M. Schott, of the Imperial Gardens of Vienna. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea; E. G. 

 Henderspn, of St. John's Wood; Sim, of Foot's Cray; and 

 Kennedy, of Covent Garden. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson. 



