Pinna of mature Frond— under side. 



CHEILANTHES MULTIFIDA. 

 SwARTz. Hooker. Blume. Kunze. Presl. Fee, 



SCHOTT. 



PLATE XXVI. VOL. IV. 



CJieilanthes capensis, 

 Adiantum glohatum, 



EcKL. 



POIEET. 



Cheilanthes — Prom the Greek; a lip, and a Jlawer. MuUiJida- 



Many-branclied. 



A RARE and interesting species. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope^ St. Helena, and the 

 mountains of Java. 



Fronds triangular, glabrous, deltoid-ovate, and quadripinnate ; 

 primary pinnae sub-opposite, broad, ovate, and petiolate; pinnules 

 oblong and pinnatifid. 



Caudex brief, stout, and somewhat creeping, covered with 

 black scales. 



Rachis stout, scaly at the base, ebeneous, glossy and black. 



Sori sub-rotund. 



