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Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



CHEILANTHES ELEGANS. 



Desyaux. Hooker. Kunze. 



PLATE XX. VOL. IV. 



Cheilanthes lendigera, 



it a 



" paleacea, 



Myriopteris elegans, 



" JKai'supiantlius, 



" paleacea, 



Maetens and Galleotti. 



MoEITZ. 



Maetens and GtALLEOTTI. 



J. Smith. 



Fee. 



Fee. 



Cheilanthes — From the Greek; a lip, and a jlower. Elegans — Elegant. 



An exceedingly beautiful and delicate-looking species, known 

 in cultivation in this country under the name of Cheilanthes 

 lendigera. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Chili, Columbia, Peru, Caraccas, and Mexico. In 

 the latter country it is found at an elevation of from six 

 thousand five hundred to eight thousand feet. 



Fronds ovate-lanceolate, tripinnate, and acuminate; pinnules 

 minute, glabrous above, hirsute beneath, and obovate-globose. 

 Stipes and rachis hirsute, with brown hairs. Caudex covered 

 with dark brown scales, and tufted. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches. 

 VOL. IV. H 



