CHEILANTHES AEGENTEA.
K u n z e . J . S m i t h . H o o k e r .
ELATE XII. VOL. IV.
AleuH to p te ris argentea,
P te r is argentea.
Allosorus argenteus,
Casseheera argentea,
P te r is p ed a ta var. Sihirica,
F ee.
Gmelin. Sw.ietz, L ink.
L angsdoefp and F ischee.
(N o t o f BoEv.j
P besl.
J . Smith.
L inn.eds.
Cheilanthes—^From two Greek words, signifying a lip, an d a flower, in
reference to th e form o f th e seed-organs. Argentea—Silvery.
A ciiA io iiN G , dw a rf, e v e rg re e n F e r n , o f a r ic h d a rk g r e e n
colour ab o v e, w h ils t b e n e a th it is c o p io u sly c o v e red w ith
a w h ite fa rin o s e p ow d e r.
A ll e v e rg re e n g re e n h o u s e species.
Native of Siberia—in the fissures of rocks on the river
K a tu n ja—Altai, Kamtsch a tk a , D ah u ria , and Lake Baikal.
In tro d u c ed into E n g lan d in the year 1823.
