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woukl too rapidly wither in a dry atmosphere. A fine pot 

 specimen is very elegant. 



2. Nothohena (Eriochosma) hirta. — A small, hairy species, 

 the fronds of which grow in tufts, and are from 4 to 12 inches 

 long, bipinnate, the pinnules being divided into small blunt 

 lobes; the under surface is clothed with a white tomentum, 

 which becomes less apparent as the fronds grow old. It requires 

 a warm close greenhouse, being a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The mature fronds are suitable for small bouquets. 



3. Nothol(Ena (Eriochosma) tomentosa. — The fronds of this 

 species, which grow in tufts, are narrow lanceolate, a foot or 

 more in length, with short alternate pinnae, which are bipinnate, 

 the ultimate pinnules being minute, sessile, and roundish. The 

 fronds are entirely and ratlier thickly covered with light-coloured 

 tomentum. A sub-tropical species, being a native of Mexico. 

 The fronds may be intermixed in large bouquets. 



4. NotholcBua 7tivea. — A species of a tufted habit of growth. 

 The fronds are but a few inches high, oblong, decompound, the 

 opposite pinnae being set with small, roundish, sub-cordate pin- 

 nules, often somewhat three-lobed. The upper surface is smooth, 

 the under surface covered with a Avhite mealy powder, while the 

 stipes is of a blackish purple. A very neat kind for small 

 bouquets. It is a native of Mexico, and requires a sub-tropical 

 climate. 



5. Polypodium Plumula. — An elegant small growing species, 

 producing its fronds in a tuft. The fronds are 8 or 10 inches 

 long, of an elliptical form, or rather narrowly lance-shaped, 

 tapering to both ends ; they are pinnatifid, divided into close-set 

 narrow lobes, ranged like the teeth of a comb. Useful for 

 moderate-sized bouquets, and a very pretty pot-plant. Native 

 of South America, and requires a tropical climate. 



Pteride.^. 



6. Chcilanthes micropteris. — A small and elegant plant, with 

 fronds 6 or 8 inches long, growing in tufts ; tliey are pinnate, 

 with small, roundish, alternate pinnae ; the stipes is purple. A 

 native of Quito, and requires a stove climate. Pretty for small 

 bouquets. 



7. Cheilanthes spectabilis. — Suitable for large bouquets ; a 

 tuft forms a fine specimen plant. The fronds are broadly ovate- 

 lanceolate, a foot high, tripinnate, the pinnae and pinnules rather 

 distant, the latter broken up into small oblong sessile lobes. It 

 is from Brazil, and requires a stove climate. 



8. Cheilanthes tenuifolia. — The habit of this species is tufted, 

 the fronds 8 or 10 inches high, supradecompound, the outline 

 oblong, the pinnae rather distant, and ultimately divided into 



