Cliff Brakic 
Plants i~4 dm. high ; leaves pinnate, 2-pinnate below ; 
phmae linear-oblong, 1-4 cm. 1., i cm. or less wide; sti- 
pes dark-brown. 
In crevices of rocks. July-September. 
Along Gunpowder River and in Ann Aiundel Co. Wafers; near 
Harper's Ferrv ; Great Falls, J^i^r^/; Plummers Island, ToJ)J>/?/^> y 
Rock Creek, Oliver \ Georgetown, E, S. Steele, Analostan Isl d , 
Burgess and Smith ; Alexandria, Ward, Vasey \ Front Roval, Va. 
G. 5. Miller ; Natural Bridge, Maxon ; Beaver Dam Falls, Steele. 
10. CHEILANTHES Sw. 
Nomen a yziKo^^ JMargo et ay^jj, Flcs, Sw, Syn. 126. 
Rock-loving ferns, growing usually in clusters. Root- 
stock short, more or less stout. Leaves 2-3 pinnate. Indi:- 
sia confluent or distinct. 
t Leaves 2-pi72nate ^glabrous or itearly so. 
1. C. alabamensis (Buckl.) Kunze. 
Pteris alabamensis Buckl. 1843. Amer. Journ. 
^Sc. 45:177. 
Cheilanthes alabamensis Kunze 1847. Linnaea 
20 : 4. Eaton., Ferns N. Am. 2 : 89. t. 57. ff. 
7-9; in Gray, Man. 681. Underw. in 111. Fl. 
I :30 ; Nat. Ferns 93 ;in Britt. Man. 9. Clute., 
Ferns 242. IValers^Ym^^ 98. 
At.abama Lip Fkrn. 
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