Piniiii of mature Frond, under side.
CHEILANTHES PTEROIDES.
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A d ia n tum pteroides,
Casseheera pteroides,
P te r is orhiculata,
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Cheilanthes—F rom th e Greek ; a lip, and a flower. Pteroides—Pteris-like.
A RARE handsome species.
An evergreen greenhouse Fern .
Na tiv e of the Islan d of Jav a , where it is found at the
summit of Mount Gede, and also of the Cape of Good Ho p e ,
at an elevation of from one to th re e thousand feet.
In tro d u c ed into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1775.
T his species is so different in many respects to the genus
Cheilanthes, th a t it has been called an A d ia n tum b y Linnæus,
a Casseheera b y li’resl, and a P te r is b y Houttuym. However,
having the tru e involucres of a Cheilanthes, Sir AA^illiam
Ho o k e r has v ery p ro p e rly placed it in th a t genus.
F ro n d glabrous, large, and trip in n a te ; the pinnæ remote;
pinnules remote, petiolulate, freq u en tly an inch long, cordate,
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