A Dictionary of Choice Ferns. 
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CHEILANTHES -continued. 
C. ferrugfinea. 
The plant grown in gardens under this name is identi- 
cal with Nothochlcena ferruginea of Hooker. 
C. fragrans. 
This pretty evergreen, greenhouse species, of small 
dimensions, also known under the names of C. odora and 
C. suaveolens, is of a very cosmopolitan character. It is 
found wild in the South of France, Spain, Italy, Greece, 
Fig. 82. Cheilanthes fragrans, a very fragrant=fronded species 
that retains its perfume ifor a long time when dried. 
Turkey, Madeira, and the whole of the Mediterranean 
Islands; also in Afghanistan, Syria, Algeria, and the 
Himalayas. Its delicately-cut little fronds are deliciously 
scented, and retain their agreeable perfume for a very long 
time when in a dried state; they are only 2in. to Sin. long, 
about lin. broad, bi- or tripinnatifid, and borne on thin, 
wiry stalks lin. to Sin. long and densely clothed with 
