Cheilanthes Cheilanthes, (L. fil.) Swartz Cheilanthes Cheilanthes, Mett. Cheilanthes Cheilanthes, (Cosent.) H. P. Fuchs

2. C. fragrans (L. fil.) Swartz , Syn. Fil. 127/325 excl. descr. et loc. (1806)

(C. pteridioides (Reichard) C. Chr., non C. pteroides Swartz , C. odora Swartz ).

Rhizome short, often branched to form small but dense tufts; apex with brown scales. Leaves 3-15 cm, smelling of coumarin, more or less erect, forming a crown; petiole as long as or slightly shorter than lamina, redbrown, shiny, with scattered scales; lamina 1 -3 cm wide, sub- triangular to linear-lanceolate, 2-pinnate for most of its length; lower pinnules pinnatifid with ultimate segments 1 -3 mm, oblong or suborbicular, crenate; lamina with sessile glands, glabrous and eglandular beneath, or with few scattered scales when young. Indusium glandular, with fimbriate margin; spores c.

spherical, finely papillose. Dry, rocky places. S. Europe. Al Az BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.

3. C. hispanica Mett. , Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 3: 74 (1859).

Like 2 but not smelling of coumarin; lamina 4-8 cm wide, as long as petiole, deflate, with glandular hairs beneath; ultimate segments 2-6 mm wide, pinnatifid; spores c. 37/*, striate. Shallow soil on rocky cliffs. Spain andPortugal. Hs Lu.

4. C. catanensis (Cosent.) H. P. Fuchs , Brit. Fern Gaz. 9: 45 (1961)

( Notholaena velica (Aiton) Desv. , N. lanuginosa (Desf.) Poiret ).

Rhizome short; apex covered with brown scales. Leaves 8-25 cm, suberect or spreading, forming a crown; petiole as long as lamina, yellow-brown, shiny, densely covered with narrow, colourless scales; lamina 2-4 cm wide, linear-lanceolate, 2-pinnate; pinnules crenately lobed, oblong or suborbicular, densely covered on both surfaces with yellow filiform scales, which may fall off from the upper surface as the frond ages. Spores c. 62/*, tetrahedral, finely reticulate. Dry, rocky, usually calcareous places. Mediterranean region; Portugal. BI Co Cr Gr Hs It Lu Sa Si.

A larger plant, with more openly dissected leaves, and with 26-29 cells in the annulus as against 18-20 in 4, has been described from Sicilia. It needs further investigation.