TAB. I. 
Cheilanthes chrysophylla, Hook. 
Caespitosa, radice fibrosa, stipitibus 2-5 purpureo-ebeneis pilis 
longis subulatis paleaceis inferne prsecipue hispidis, fron- 
dibus pinnatis subcoriaceis deltoideo-acuminatis 3-4 uncia- 
libus supra glabris subtus furfuraceis aureo-flavis, pinnis 
lanceolatis paribus infimis deltoideis omnibus pinnatifidis, 
segmentis ovatis crenulatis inferioribus pinnarum infimarum 
oblongis subsinuatis, involucris e margine reflexo frondis 
continuis usque ad apices crenulatis, marginibus membrana- 
ceis nudis (non ciliatis). 
Cheilanthes chry sophy 11a, Hook. Gen. et Spec. Fil. 2. p. 13. 
Hab. Bare rocks, Kala-Panee, Kbasya, Drs . Hooker and 
Thomson. 
Of this rare species we have only seen specimens of Messrs. 
Hooker and Thomson from the above locality. It has much 
general affinity with Cheilanthes farinosa, Kaulf. (Hook, et 
Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 134), but, independently of the colour of the 
powdery substance on the underside of the frond, (white in 
Ch. farinosa ), the involucres are very different; in Ch. farinosa 
wholly membranaceous, nearly orbicular, and more or less 
united at the base, (in that sense often continuous), whereas 
here the involucres seem to be formed of the reflexed margin 
of the frond itself, of the same texture, altogether continuous, 
and though crenulated, never ciliated at the edge. The cre- 
nulated involucres may be considered to justify the placing of 
this species in Clieilanther , rather than in Pteris or Allosorus. 
Fig. 1. Upper side of a fertile lobe of a lower pinna. 
f. 2. Fertile pinna seen from beneath: — magnified. 
