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Fe rtile pinna, unde r side.
CHEILANTHES CAPENSIS.
S w a r t z . M o o r e .
P L .V l 'E X X V I .— A .
Clie'daiiihes p ra te x ta , K a u l f ’USS.
Adianium Capense, T h u n b e r g .
Adiantopsis Capends, F e e .
Hypolepis Capensis, H o o k e r .
ChtUa7ithcs— ?vom the Greek, a iip and a flower. Capensis—
of Good Hope.
I n t h e S e c t io n A d ia n t o id e a .
A n exceedingly pretty dwarf F e rn , with characters partaking
of Cheilanthes, Hypolepis, and Adiantum. In habit and nature
it is very dissimilar to either Cheilanthes or Hypolepis, and
indeed no nearer allied to Adiantum, in all three of which
families it has been placed by various authorities. I t is rare
in cultivation in this country.
An evergreen greenhouse species.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
The fronds, which are membranaceous and glabrous, are
deltoid and bi-tripinnate; the pinnules obovate and decurrent.
Sori approximate, mcmbraiiaccous, copious, and semiovate,
giving tho edge of the frond an Adiantum look.
