Fertile pinna, under Bide. 



CHEILANTHES CAPENSIS. 

 SwARTz. Moore. 



PIRATE XXVI. — A. 



Cheilanthes prcetexta, Eaulfuss. 



Adiantum Capense, THnNBEB&. 



Adiantopsis Capensis, Fee. 



Hypolepis Capensis, Hookek. 



Cheilanthes — From the Greek, a lip and a flower. Capensis — Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



In the Section Adiantoidea. 



An exceedingly pretty dwarf Fern, with, characters partaking 

 of CJieilanthes, Hypolepis, and Adiantum. In habit and nature 

 it is very dissimilar to either Cheilanthes or Hypolepis, and 

 indeed no nearer allied to Adiantum, in all three of which 

 families it has been placed by various authorities. It is rare 

 in cultivation in this country. 



An evergreen greenhouse species. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



The fronds, which are membranaceous and glabrous, are 

 deltoid and bi-tripinnate ; the pinnules obovate and decurrent. 



Sori approximate, membranaceous, copious, and semiovate, 

 giving the edge of the frond an Adiantum look. 



