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Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



CHEILANTHES SIEBERL 

 Kqnze. Hookee. Fee. 



PLATE XXII. IV. 



Cheilanthes tenuifolia, Siebee. Link. {Not of Swaetz, 



Hookee, Schkuhe, or Willdenow.) 



Cheilanthes — From the Greek; a lip and a Jloioer. 

 Sieheri — After Sieber, a botanist. 



An exceedingly handsome species, rare in cultivation. 



A greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland, Sydney, Swan River, and New 

 Zealand. 



Fronds glabrous, subcoriaceous, linear-oblong, and decurrent; 

 pinnules oblong, basal ones inciso-pinnatifid; margins consid- 

 erably recurved. 



Sori punctiform, semi-orbicular, and continuous. 



Caudex creeping; stipes and rachis ebeneous. 



Length of frond from two to six inches. 



For a frond I am indebted to Mr. Joseph Henderson, of 

 Wentworth. 



It is in the Catalogue of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from Mr. Joseph Henderson's frond. 



