CHEILANTHES. 



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cut clown to the midrib into entire, narrow- oblong segments, on both edges 

 of which the numerous small and roundish sori (spore masses) are uniformly 

 disposed. — Hooker, Species Filicum, ii., p. 73, t. 88b. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, iv., p. 514, 



C. chusana — chu-sa'-na (from Chusan). Synonymous with C. mysurensis. 



C. 



Cleve-land'-i 



(Eucheilanthes) Clevelandi — Eu-cheil-anth'-es 



(Cleveland's), Eaton. 

 A very handsome, greenhouse species, native of North America, where it 

 is popularly known as " Cleveland's Lip Fern." According to Eaton, it was 

 discovered in 1874 on a mountain about 

 forty miles from San Diago, Cahfornia, 

 at an elevation of about 2500ft., and in 

 the San Bernardino range a year later. 

 Its pretty and delicate-looking fronds, 

 4in. to 12in. long and borne on tufted, 

 erect, scaly stalks, are produced from a 

 creeping rootstock nearly as thick as a 

 goose-quill, several inches long, covered 

 with closely-pressed, rigid-pointed, nearly 

 black scales ; they are tri- or quadri- 

 pinnate (three or four times divided to 

 the midrib), -with the ultimate divisions 

 of the leaflets nearly round (Fig. 8), 

 small, deep green above, and covered with 

 fine white scales beneath. The numerous 

 sori (spore masses) are disposed in inter- 

 rupted series on the edges of the segments. 

 — Eaton, Ferns of North America, i., 

 Gardening, i., p. 308. 



Fig. 8. Cheilanthes Clevelandi 

 (i nat. size) 



t. 12. Nicholson, Dictionary of 



C. (Physapteris) contigua— Phy-sap'-ter-is ; con-tig'-u-a (contiguous), 

 Baher. 



A greenhouse species, of medium dimensions, native of Port Darwin, North 

 Australia, and closely related to the well-known C. tenuifolia, from which it 



