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FERNS OF THE WEST, 
recurved and covering one to three spore-cases. 6 to lo inches high. 
Makes a very close approach to Notholaena. 
Eastern side of the Sierras at San Gorgonio Pass, California, (Parry). 
^ Frond glandular and evidently hahy, not woolly. 
26. €. leilCO|}OCla, Link. (The white -powdery C.) 
Frond deltoid-ovate, quadri-pinnate at base, simpler upwards ; lowest 
pair of piniice deltoid-ovate, the upper oblong ; pinnules stalked, oblong: 
final divisions minute and rounded; when fertile, with a strongly recurved 
margin. Pubescence short and glandular. Stalks straw colored. 6 to 
7 inches high. 
New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. Rare. 
27. C. viscosA, Kaulfuss. (The glutinous C.) 
Has a nearly black stalk, and smaller and stiffer frond; otherwise as No. 26. May occur in New 
Mexico or Arizona. 
28. C. Cooperae, Eaton. {^Mrs. Cooped s C.) 
Frond ovate-lanceolate, bi-pinnate; pinnae oblong-ovate; pinnules 
roundish-ovate, scalloped and cut, the ends of the lobes recurved when 
young, unrolled afterwards and exposing the spores. Stalk and frond 
with whitish, jointed, often gland-tipped hairs. Closely resembles C. 
vestita of the eastern States, but that is devoid of gland-tipped hairs. 
Santa Barbara, Sierra Valley, etc., California. 
* * * Involucre extending in an unbroken line all around the rounded, 
7 ninute, final divisions. Fi'onds hi- to tri-pinnate, scaly or woolly. 
^ Frond densely woolly beneath, not evidently scaly, pubescent above, 
thrice -pinnate in well developed specimens. Stalks woolly. Itvolucre 
narrow. 
29. c. lailllgiliosa, Nuttall. (The woolly C.) 
Frond hairy above, or nearly smooth, ovate-lanceolate ; lowest pinnae 
deltoid ; final divisions 1-24 inch long and broad, the one on the end of 
the pinnae or pinnules slightly longer than broad ; involucre very narrow, 
of the same color as the frond. 4 to 8 inches high. (C. lanosa, Eaton; 
C. gracilis, Mettenius.) 
Illinois to the Oquirrah Mountains, Utah ; south to Arizona ; north to British America. 
30. C. toilieiltosa. Link. (The matted-woolly C.) 
Frond woolly above, oblong-lanceolate; pinnae ovate-oblong; final 
divisions nearly round, 1-24 to 1-16 inch long, the one on the end of the 
divisions twice larger; involucre light-colored, papery. 12 to 24 inches 
high. 
Texas to North Carolina. 
Frond woolly and scaly beneath. 
Frond scaly only on the rachis and its branches. Stalks scaly when 
young, not hairy. 
31. C. Eatoni, Baker. (Eaton’s C.) 
Frond oblong-lanceolate, tri-pinnate, woolly above, wool often very 
dense; final divisions 1-24 inch long, rounded, the terminal one often 
twice as large and obovate ; involucre very narrow, hidden by the reddish- 
