CHEILANTHES VISCOSA.
L i n k . H o o k e r . P r e s e . S m i t h . M o o r e a n d H o ü l s t o n .
L a m a r c k . F e e . S c h o t t . { N o t o f C a r m i c h a e l . )
P I..ATK X X V . V O L . IV .
Cheilanthes K a u lfiissii, K u n z e .
Cheilanthes— ProTa th e G reek ; a Up, and a floiser.
Viscosa—Clammy, or viscid.
A ruE T TY species with trian g u la r-sh ap ed fronds. Ra re in
cultivation.
A n evergreen stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of Mexico and C en tra l America.
Received at the Royal Gardens, K ew , in 1841, from the
Royal Botanic Gardens o f Be rlin.
F ro n d s tria n g u la r in form, and trip in n a te ; pinnules oblong-
obtuse and p innatifid; segments (in the sterile frond) dentate.
Fro n d s terminal, being ad h e ren t to a b rie f creeping rhizoma.
T h e fronds entire ly covered with viscid glandulose hairs.
Stipes and rachis brown and densely hirsute.
Sori linear and continuous.
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