The Feex Lover's Co:\ipaxiox 



C7 



usually smaller than those above. Pinnules triangular- 

 oblong', mostly acute, often auricular or lolied at the base. 

 Indusia pale, membranous and continuous except ))etween 

 the lobes. Stipes black, slender and tomentose at the 

 base. 



This species of lip fern may he distinguished from all 

 the others within our limits by its smooth pinna;". On 

 rocks — mountains of Virginia to Kentucky, and Alabama, 

 and westward to Arizona. 



(2) Hairy Lip Fern. Cheildnthes lauosa, C. rcstita 



Hairy Lip Fern 



