Cheilanthes catanensis, (Cosent.) H. P. Fuchs

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 10

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.