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C H E I L A N T H E S SQUAMOSA.
F I L I C E S . — G y r a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a x i l f . F i l i c e s v e r æ . W i l l d .
G e n . C i j a r . C H E I L A N T H E S , Sw. Son *m a rg in a lc s , p u n c t i f o rm e s ; c a p s u l i s s i n u in v o lu c r i
in s e r t i s . Involucrum m a r g i n a l e , in t e r i u s lib e r u m , s c a r io s u m , v . e c r c n u l a ip s i u s m a r g i n i s
r e p l i c a t a f o r r a a t u m . Br.
C h e i l a n t h e s squamosa-, fronde ovato-lanceolata bipinnata, pinnulis oblongo-ovatis obtusis sinuato-
lobatis, subtus rachi stipiteque densissime squamosis, soris subcontinuis.
Cheilanthes squamosa. Gillies, M S S .
H a b . In rupibus apud “ Cerro del Morro, San Luis,” provincia Bonariæ. J . Gillies, M .D .
R a d ix , ut videtuv, coespitosa, e fibris descendentibus, fuscis, ramosis.
Stip ites plurimi e x eodem puncto, biunciales, erecti, dense paleaceo-sqiiamosi, squamis patentibus v c l subsquar-
rosis.
Frondes digitales, circumscriptione ovato-lanceolatoe, bipinnatæ, pinnis p r im a r iis lanceolatis, patentibus, çesqui-
uncialibus, p in n u lis brevissime petiolatis, ovatis seu oblongis, basi truncatis, sinuato-lobatis, subcoviaceis,
supra intense viridibus, gîabris, nudis, subtus racliique ubiqne paleis ovnto-aciuninatis membrana c ei reticulatis
ciliato-dentatis subpeltatis squamosis.
S o r i marginales, subcontinui, tenues, squamis omnino tecti.
'Involucrum tenue, e margine mflexo pinnuloe, subcontinuum, sinuatum.
Capsula: globosoe, annulo lato incompleto cinctæ, v ix pedicellatoe.
Semina ovali-globosa, subangulata, opaca, flavo-vii-idia.
Fig . 1. Pinnulæ, squamis in partem d enu da te , f. 2 . Portio sori. f. 3. Squama, f. 4 . Capsula, f. 5. Semina;—
W e can find n o description o f any Cheilanthes which at all accords with this very handsome
species. Hen c e we have much pleasure in adopting th e appropriate name given to it bv its
discoverer.
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