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Ou the upper side the frond has dispersed over it stellnto
pubescence, whilst beneath it is thickly covered with imbricated
v h te scales, which in the mature state become brown
s c a i j r u r L ■ p ro tru d in g thro u g h the
frrn d .’ “ continuous broad black border to the
T h ! and of a white colour
' ' ’'"a“ ' req u irin g care iu its cultivation. I f the
ronds a ie allowed to remain wet they are soon decayed- indeed
us applies to Nothochlmna nivea, and most of the other species
g i ' i : t n
i r S r S S tep h a n o tu sjlo r ib
^ d u s E c h te s s p le p o n s , Solanum jasminoides, or any o f the
a r ^ I e i- Fe™ ' ^ o t h o o u L s and
e v t ; day. ’ ^ '^ y ^ g in g
I t IS a native of South America—Mexico
a= ; : r ; r r c ' , ' : i “ •• - -
T he illustration is from one of Mr. H en d e rso n ’s fronds.
Portion of mature Frond, upper side.
N0TH0CHLA5NA TRICHOMANOIDES.
R. B r o w n . D e s v a u x . M o o r e a n d H o u l s t o n . S p r e n g e l .
P L A T E X IV .— B.
INothochlmna sinuata,
“ fe rruginea,
NoiholfEua triehumanoides,
a n c in a lis irichomanoidcs,
P te r is triehomanoides,
Acrostichum pteroides,
“ sinuatum.,
N o th oehlcena—Spurious cloak.
K a u l f u s s .
D e s v a u x .
K . B r o w n . P e e s l .
D e s v a u x .
L in n æ u s . S w a e t z .
S l'EENGEL. S cH K D llR .
B e e n h a e d i .
S w a e t z .
Tr/c/iomnnoirfei—Tricliomanes-like.
T he present F e rn is a very beautiful species, and is one of
the handsomest of the genus.
I t is a stove F e rn , slender, having a pendulous habit.
The length of the frond is usually about twelve inches; the
examples from W en tw o rth are very fine, some fronds being
fifteen inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad.
The colour above is a dull g re en ; beneath it is usually covered
with a white farinose powder, and a brown stellate pubescence.
The rachis is hairy, and of a reddish brown colour.