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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Nothochlena—continued. 
N. Marantz (Maranta’s).* rhiz. woody, with dense fibrillose 
scales. sti. strong, wiry, zin, to 6in. long, more or less matted. 
fronds 4in. to 12in. long, lyin. to Sin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 
bipinnate ; pinne lanceolate, cut down to the densely scaly rachis 
into close, oblong, entire pinnules, one line broad. South Europe, 
Himalayas, North Africa, &c. : 
N. mollis (soft). rhiz. woolly, thick, with black scales. sti. 2in. 
to Sin. long, strong, erect, matted. fronds 8in. to 12in. long, 14in. 
to 2in. broad, tripinnate ; mi 0 pinne close; lower ones distant, 
lanceolate, with a thick rachis, and often up-curled ; segments 
small, roundish ; upper surface dark green, naked; lower surface 
rachises woolly. Chili and Andes of Guatemala. 
N. Nowberryi (Newberry’s). sti. tufted, Sin. to Sin. long. 
Jronds Sin. to Sin. long, lanceolate-oblong, three- or four-pinnate ; 
ultimate segments obovate, crowded, one-third to half a line 
broad, entire or sub-crenate, both sides covered with a dense 
white tomentum of slender entangled hairs, more dense below. 
8 large, at last emergent from the tomentum. Cali- 
ornia. 
N. nivea (snowy).* sti. densely tufted, 4in. to Ein. long, scaly. 
Jronds Sin, to bin. long, 14in. to 2in. broad, ovate, tripinnate ; 
-pinne distant, the lower ones deltoid; pinnules long-stalked, 
with blunt, oblong, or roundish terminal segments, one to two 
lines long and half a line to one line broad ; lower surface coated 
with pure white powder. sori brown. Andes, from Mexico to 
Peru, A handsome species. 
N. n. Hookeri (Hooker’s).* „A form known only in cultivation, 
with gee dilated segments and sessile pinnules” (Baker). See 
Fig. 698. FROND or NOTHOCHLENA SINUATA. 
iz. very thick, densely scaly, and 
Zin, to din. long, firm, erect, matted 
Nothochlena—continued. 
fronds lft. to 2ft. long, lin. to 2in. broad, simply pinnate; pinnæ 
short-stalked, zin, to lin. long, łin. to zin, broad, ovate or oblong, 
varying from entire to deeply pi ifid ; rachis densely scaly ; 
edge slightly inflexed. Mexico, andsome stove exhi- 
bition fern. See Fig. 698. (B. M. 4699. o te 
N. squamosa (scaly). sti. tufted, lin. to 4in. long, idn 
scaly. fronds 3in. to 4in. long, lin. or more broad, ovate-lanceo- 
late, bipinnate ; pinnz opposite, the lowest jin: long, jin. broad, 
ovate, blunt, cut down to the rachis below into several linear- 
oblong pinnules; rachis and under surface densely scaly. sori 
brownish ; the edge sub-scariose. Mexico to Argentine terri- 
tory, &c. 
N. sulphurea (sulphurous). rhiz. creeping, the scales dense, 
rigid, linear, nearly black. sti. tufted, din. to 6in. long, wiry, 
naked. fronds 2in. to Sin. each way, deltoid ; ie pinnæ 
simple, central ones lanceolate, cut down to the rachis at the 
base into oblong lobes ; lowest pair with the lowest pinnules 
much prolonged, zin. or more long, pinnatifid or pinnate ; lower 
surface coated with white or yellow powder. sort black. Cali- 
fornia, &c. Syns. N. dida, Cheilanthes pulveracea, and Cin- 
cinalis sulphurea. 
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Fig. 699. FROND OF NOTHOCHLE/NA TRICHOMANOIDES. 
N. trichomanoides (Trichomanes-like).* rhiz. thick, bulbiferous, 
the scales black. sti. tufted, 2in. to Ain. long, firm, erect, slightly 
scaly. fronds bin. to 12in. long, Zin. to IZin. broad, simply pin- — 
nate; 3 sessile, ovate-oblong, blunt, pinnatifid, with blunt 
lobes; lower surface clothed with white powder and fine ferru- 
y hairs; the inflex Jamaica and 
844. A very beautiful stove s 
growing in a basket. See Fig. 699. 
NOTHOCLENA. See Nothochlena. 
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