Cheilanthes

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Read about Cheilanthes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cheilanthes (Greek, lip-flvwer, alluding to the indusium). Polypodiaceae. Semi-hardy or hothouse ferns of small size. Plants often hairy or woolly, with the sori terminal on the veins and covered with a roundish indusium.— Some 60 or 70 species are known, nearly a third of which are natives of the W. and S. W. United States, one species as far east as Conn. They are of easy cult., enjoying a position near the glass, and disliking strong, close heat and syringing or watering overhead. Most of the species grow naturally in dry rocky situations. They are among the few ferns to be found in dry regions. Commercially valuable only from the fern collector's standpoint. A native species worthy of cult, is C. leucopoda, Link, from Texas, with broadly deltoid-ovate lvs—C. undulata, Hope & Wright. Dark green fronds, softly pubescent. China, G.C. III. 34:397 (desc.) L. M. Underwood. R. C. Benedict. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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