Pinna of mature Frond — upper side. 



CHEILANTHES PULVERACEA. 



Presl. Hooker. Leibmann. 



PLATE XXVllI. VOL. IV. 



Cheilanthes Candida^ 



it ei 



Allosorus pulveraceus, 

 Ateuritopteris Candida, 



*' argyropliylla, ? 



Pteris " ? 



Maetens and Galleotti. 



KuNZE. 



Presl. 



Pee. 



Fee. 



WlLLDENOW. 



Cheilanthes — From the G-reek; a lip, and a flower. Pulveracea-^ 



Wliite-powdered. 



An exceedingly rare and very handsome Fern, in some degree 

 resembling Cheilanthes farinosa. 



It was introduced into this country from Berlin, in the year 

 1857, by Messrs. Low, of Clapham. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Mexico. 



Leibmann in his "Mexicos Bregner," states that it grows in 

 cracks of rocks in the temperate and cold regions, at an altitude 

 of from three to eight thousand feet above the sea, and is 



