Portion of maturo Frond, under side.
CHEILANTHES ALABAMENSIS.
Kunze. H o o k e r. J . Sm ith . Fee.
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F te r is Alabamensis,
“ gracilis,
Allosorus gracilis,
B o o k l e t .
R u g e l . M ic h a u x . S w a e t z .
P o E S H . IXoTTALL.
P e e s l .
Cheilanthes—P rom tlie Greek ; a lip, and a flower.
Alabamensis—Named from Alabama, where found growing.
An interesting dwarf Fern, but little known in cultivation
in this country.
A greenhouse species.
N a tiv e of Canada, Southern U n ited States, growing on
limestone rocks, on the banks of the Tenessee R iv e r, Alabama.
F ro n d s glabrous, sub-coriaceous, lanceolate, and acuminate;
below, b ip in n a te ; above, pinnated-pinnatifid. P rim a ry pinme
approximate.
Sori continuous all rou n d the lobes and pinnules.
Caudcx creeping, brown in colour, with brown woolly scales.
Stipes, rachis, and main secondary rachis glossy black, and
hirsute.
L en g th of frond from three to five inches.
F o r a plan t and fronds of this species I am indeb ted to
Mr. Josep h Hen d e rso n , of W en tw o rth , and to M. Schott, of
the Im p e ria l Gardens of Schonbriinn.
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