r -
r i
r *
o f a bo u t tw en ty a r t icu la t io n s : F é e s a y s there a re v it ta te or
knotted hairs g ro w in g am o n g them. T h e spores are rather
la rge , amber-colored, g lo b o se, and d e lic a te ly trivitta te . A c c o rd in
g to F é e , wh en placed in w a te r th e y b u rs t and d is so lv e into
e x c e s s iv e ly minute sporules.
T h e r e can be no dou bt th a t o u r plant is the Cheilanthes
tomentosa o f L in k . K u n z e, w h o k n ew L in k ’s plant p e r fec t ly
well, referred the N o r th C a ro lin a specim ens to it ; and D r .
M et ten iu s, w h o suc ce ed ed to the ca re o f the L e ip z ig garden,
fa vo red me w ith spe cim ens w h ich are p r e c ise ly the sam e
th in g a s the plant here described. B u t none o f the M e x ic a n '
co llecto r s seem to h a v e found the species, and it m a y be
le g it im a te ly qu eried w h e th e r the com m on ly reported origin of
L in k ’s specimens is the true one. T h e Cheilanthes tomentosa
o f the Species F ilicum is p a r t ly th is plant, but m a in ly the
species n e x t to be described.
Plate X L V .— Fig. 1 -5 . Cheilanthes tomentosa. Fig. i represents
one of Professor Bradley’s specimens. Fig. 2 is an enlarged pinnule.
Fig. 3, an enlarged portion of a pinnule. Fig. 4, some of the woolly
hairs magnified, and Fig. 5, a spore.
P l a t e X L V . — F ig . 6 - 1 2 .
C H E IL A N T H E S EA TO N I, B a k e r .
E a to n ’s L ip -F e rn .
C h e i l a n t h e s E a t o n i : R o o t - s t o c k short, ch a ffy w ith
ra ther lo n g s len d e r ly a cum in a te g lo s s y s c a le s ; s ta lk s clu s tered,
fo u r to e igh t in ches long, erect, w ir y , covered, a s are the
ra chis and its divisions, w ith n a r row sh in in g p a le-fer ru g in o u s
s ca les and p a lea ceou s hairs in te rm ix ed ; fronds four to nine
in ches long, oblong-Ianceolatc, pu b es c en t a b o v e with w h it ish
entan g led w o o lly hairs, benea th co vered w ith a h e a v y matted
fe r ru g in o u s tomen tum, and more o r less s ca ly , e sp ec ia lly when
y o u n g , tr ip in n a te ; pinnæ o va te -ob lon g , low e r ones ra th er distant,
upper ones c row d e d ; u ltima te pin n u le s con tigu ou s , h alf
a line long, rounded, but n a rrow ed a t the base, the terminal
ones often tw ic e la rg e r and more d e c id ed ly o b o v a te ; margin
o f the pinnules con tin u o u sly re curved , the ed ge s l ig h t ly memb
ran a c eou s .
Cheilanthes Eatoni, B a k e r , Syn. Fil., p. 140 .— P o r t e r & C o u l t e r ,
Synopsis of the Flora of Colorado, p. 15 3 . — E a t o n , Ferns of
the South-West, p. 3 15 .