



Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



CHEILANTHES PREISSIANA. 

 KuNZE. Hooker. Schott. 



PLATE XXIX. VOL. IV. 



Cheilanthes — From tlie Greek; a lip, and a Jlower. 

 Preissiana — Named after Preiss. 



A RARE distinct species. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Zealand, New Holland, Island of Bourbon, 

 and Swan E-iver. 



Fronds glabrous, coriaceous, elongate, bipinnato-pinnatifid, or 

 tripinnate; the pinnae triangular-oblong in form, inferior ones 

 distant and sub-opposite; pinnules ovate; base wedge-shaped. 



Rachis and stipes ebeneous, purple, and paleaceo-villose. 

 Rhizoma brief, horizontal, and fusco-paleaceous. 



Length of frond twelve inches, of which the lower half is 

 naked. 



Sori sub-continuous. 



My thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of the Imperial 

 Gardens of Schonbriinn, near Vienna, and to Mr. R. Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray, for fronds of this species. 



This Fern does not appear in any of the Nurserymen's 



Catalogues, except that of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from Mr. Sim's frond. 

 vol. IV. K 



