Pinrm of inutiirc Frond, under side.
CIIEILANTIIES SIEBERI.
K d n z e . H o o k e r . F e e .
PL.ATE XXII. VOL. TV.
Cheilanthes tenuifolia. S iEB E E . L i n k . (N o t o f S w a e t z ,
H o o k e e , S c h k u h e , or “W i l l d e n o w .)
Cheilanthes—F rom th e G re ek ; a Up, and a fe w e r .
Sieheri—After Sieber, a botanist.
A n exceedingly handsome species, rare in cultivation.
A greenhouse F e rn .
Na tiv e of New H o llan d , Sydney, Swan River, and New
Zealand.
Fro n d s glabrous, subcoriaceous, linear-oblong, and d e cu rren t;
pinnules oblong, basal ones inciso-pinnatifid; margins considerably
recurved.
Sori punctiform, se ini-orbicular, and continuous.
Cau d ex cre ep in g ; stipes and rachis ebeneous.
L en g th of frond from o two to six inches,
F o r a frond I am indeb ted to Mr. Josep h H en d e rso n , of
W eiitworth.
I t is ill the Catalogue of Messrs. Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
The illu stra tio n is from Mr. Jo s ep h H en d e rso n ’s frond.
