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NOTHOCHL^NA ECKLONIANA.
K unze. L in k . J. Sm ith . F e e . M ooke.
P L A T E X V I I .— A .
JLothocUana p um ila ,
iVbifAoc/iltsnii—Spurious cloak.
H . B e e o l .
Mchloniana—Eck lo n ’s.
T h i s species is one of the division of the Notliochlcenas
whose fronds are scaly. I t is a v ery handsome F e rn , Mr. Moore
says “ the most beautiful one of th e scaly section.” NotliocMcena
ecMoniana is scarcely known amongst th e F e rn growers, being
a rare and expensive species, and only to be pro cu red from
one or two Nurse rymen .
The fronds are entirely covered with narrow white scales, so
completely so as to give the plan t a woolly appearance. In form
they are somewhat egg-shaped, the pinnules b lu n tly oblong,
and the segments nearly ovate, crenate, and concave, revolute
margin. F ro n d tripinnate.
The length of the frond is nearly twelve inches.
Sori terminal. T h e re is a single row of spore-cases on each
segment, and these are ra th e r concealed b y the margin of the
segments being revolute.
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