CHEILANTHES. 
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yellow wool. Scales entire. 6 to 18 inches high. (^C. tomentosa^lAoQY.^x.') 
South from Manitou (Colorado) to Texas and Arizona. 
32. c. griicillillia, Eaton. (The very slender C.) 
Frond smooth above, or nearly so, linear-oblong, bi-pinnate ; pinnae 
with about nine oblong-oval pinnules which are about 1-12 inch long and 
covered beneath with pale, reddish-yellow, matted wool ; involucre yel- 
lowish-brown. Scales entire. Rootstock many branched, forming a 
tangled mass. 4 to 8 inches high. (C. vestlta^ Erackenridge, U. S. Ex- 
pedition.) 
From the Yosemite (California) to British Columbia, and westward to the coast. 
33. C. Davenport. (Earis/ls C.) 
Frond scantily long-woolly on both sides, oblong-lanceolate; pinnae 
ovate-oblong ; final divisions three-lobed ; involucre very narrow, scarcely 
concealing the spore-cases. Scales jagged or toothed on the edges. Root- 
stock short. 7 to 10 inches high. Resembles No. 29. 
Near San Bernardino, California. A recent discovery. 
^ ^ Divisions scaly beneath as well as the slalh, rachis and its branches. 
Involucre very evident. 
34. C. myriopliyilsi, Desvaux. (The many-leaved C.) 
Rootstock very short, its scales narrow, stiff, dark-brown. Frond 
oblong-lanceolate, almost smooth above, densely scaly and woolly be- 
neath; scales hairy on the margin, those on the final divisions having 
long, twisted hairs; final divisions innumerable, 1-24 inch long, roundish, 
crowded. 5 to 14 inches high. (C. elegans, Desv.; C. paleacea^ Mart, 
and Gal.) 
Lake County (California) to Nevada; south to Chili. India. 
35. C. Lilldheiineri, Hooker. {Lindheimed s C.) 
Rootstock slender, elongated, branched ; its scales ovate and rusty. 
Frond ovate-lanceolate, upper side white-woolly ; final divisions roundish- 
pear-shaped, 1-48 inch broad. Scales of the rachis and its branches hairy 
at base, those on the final divisions gradually passing into wool. 
Arizona to Texas. 
j^j^j^Prond scaly only^ tri-pinnate, ovate-lanceolate, smooth above ; final 
divisions 1-24 inch broad. 
36. C. Fendleri, Hooker. (Eendler’s C.) 
Scales of the rachis like those on the stalk, slender, minute ; those on 
the rest of the frond broadly-ovate, brown, margin white, not hairy on 
the edge, overlapping each other and the minute (less than 1-24 inch 
long), beaded, round, final divisions; each division usually with one broad 
scale : involucre very prominent. 5 to 9 inches high. 
Glen Eyrie (Colorado) to Texas and Arizona. 
37- C. Clevelandii, Eaton. (Cleveland's C.) 
Scales densely crowded, ovate, tapering to a sharp point, cinnamon- 
brown, half as large as those in No. 36, beautifully hairy on the edge ; 
final divisions nearly round, flattish; involucre narrow. 6 to 12 inches 
high- 
Near San Diego, California; also in Lower California. 
C. ARGENTEA, Kunze. (The silvery C.) Is reported from Alaska. 
