This species may bo pro cu red of Alessrs. Veitch, of Chelsea;
E . H en d e rso n , of St. J o h n ’s AA^ood; Booth, of H am b u rg ; and
Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
The illustration is from a frond sent by Air. Joseph H e n derson,
of AA'entworth.
Portion of mature Frond, under side.
CHEILANTHES FRAGRANS.
AVebb a n d B e r t h e l o t . H o o k e r . ( N o t o f S w a r t z . )
K d n z e . j . S m i t h .
p l a t e x v i i .— B . V O L . IV .
Voiypodium fra g ra n s ,
F te r is acrosticha,
“ fra g ra n s ,
A d ia n tum fra g ra n s,
Cheilanthes odora,
suaveolens,
Aladerensis,
L in n æ u s . D e s f o n t a in s .
B a l b i s .
Lag.
ViVIANI.
S w a e t z . S c h k u h e . L i n k .
A Io o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
P e e s l . F e e .
S w a e t z . S c h k u h e . S ib t h o e p .
L o w e .
Cheilanthes—prom, th e G re ek ; a lip, and a flower. F ra g ra n s—F rag ran t.
An interesting dwarf species.
An evergreen greenhouse F e rn .
Native of the south of E u ro p e , Aladeira, the whole of the
Aleditervaneaii Islan d s, and Affghauistan.
In tro d u c ed into the Eoyal Gardens, K ew , in 1778.
Fronds glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, and b ip in n a te ; the pinnæ
oblong-obtuse; th e basal ones remote and pinnatifid.
Rachis and stipes having narrow scales.
Sori confluent.