Pinna of mature Frond, under side.
CHEILANTHES TENUIS.
P r e s l . H o o k e r . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . L e ib m a n n .
PLATE XXIII. VOL. IV.
Cheilanthes—F rom th e G re ek ; a lip, and a flower. Tenuis—Slender.
A PRETTY dw a rf species, ra re in cultivation.
A n evergreen stove Fern .
Na tiv e of Mexico.
The fronds are ovate-lanceolate in form, and trip in n a te , the
pinnules being oblong; segments minute, somewhat circular,
with a wedge-shaped base, crenate, reflexed, and concave.
F ro n d woolly, termina l, and adhe ren t to a creeping rhizoma.
Sori linear, composed of a single row of spore-cases, and
in some degree h id in the axis of the broad reflexed margin
of each segment. Ind u sium linear and continuous.
L en g th of frond twelve inches.
F o r fronds I am indebted to M r Joseph Hen d e rso n , of
AVentworth.
I t is in the Catalogues of Messrs. A. H en d e rso n , of P in e apple
Place, and E. C. H en d e rso n , of St. Jo h n ’s AAYod.
The frond illustrated was sent by Mr. Josep h Henderson.