Pinna of mature From!—upper side.
CHEILANTHES PULVERACEA.
P iiE S L . L I o o k e r , L e i b m a n n .
P L A T E X X V I I I . VOL. IV .
Cheilanthes candida,
Allosorus pulveraceiis,
Aleu rito p te ris candida,
“ argyrophylla, ?
P te r is argyrophylla, ?
M a r t e n s a n d G-a l l e o t t t .
K u n z e .
P r e s l .
F e e .
F e e .
W i l l d e n o w .
Cheilanthes—F rom th e Greek ; a Up, and a Jlmoer. Fnlveracea—
White-powdered.
An exceedingly rare and very handsome Fern, in some degree
resembling Cheilanthes farinosa.
I t was intro d u c ed into this country from Be rlin, in the year
1857, by Alessrs. Low, of Clapham.
A n evergreen stove species.
Na tiv e of Alexico.
L eibmann, in his “ Alcxicos B re g n e r,” states th a t it grows in
cracks of rocks in the temperate and cold regions, at an altitude
of from throe to eig h t thousand feet above the sea, and is
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