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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Nothocbleena continued. 



N. Marantse (Maranta's).* rhiz. woody, with dense fibrillose 

 scales, sti. strong, wiry, Sin. to 6in. long, more or less matted. 

 fronds 4in. to 12in. long, liin. to 3in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 bipinnate ; pinnae lanceolate, cut down to the densely scaly rachis 

 into close, oblong, entire pinnules, one line broad. South Europe, 

 Himalayas, North Africa, &c. 



N. moms (soft), rhiz. woolly, thick, with black scales, sti. 2in. 



to 3in. long, strong, erect, matted, fronds Sin. to 12in. long, liin. 

 to 2in. broad, tripinnate ; upper pinnae close ; lower ones distant, 

 lanceolate, with a thick rachis, and often up-curled ; segments 



small, roundish ; upper surface dark green, naked ; lower surface 

 and rachises woolly. Chili and Andes of Guatemala. 



N. Newberryi (Newberry's). sti. tufted, Sin. to 5in. long. 

 fronds Sin. to 5in. 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. 

 sori rather large, at last emergent from the tomentum. Cali- 

 fornia. 



N. nivea (snowy).* sti. densely tufted, 4in. to 6in. long, scaly. 

 fronds Sin. to 6in. long, liin. to 2in. broad, ovate, tnpinnate ; 

 pinnae 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. Hooker! (Hooker's).* "A form known only in cultivation, 

 with close dilated segments and sessile pinnules" (Baker). See 



FIG. 698. FROND OF NOTHOCHI..ENA SINUATA. 



N. sinnata (sinuated). rhiz. very thick, densely scaly, and 

 bulbiferous. sti. sub-tufted, 2in. to 4in. long, firm, erect, matted. 



NotKoclilfflna continued. 



fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long, lin. to 2in. broad, simply pinnate ; pinnae 

 short-stalked, iin. to lin. long, Jin. to 4111. broad, ovate or oblong, 

 leeply pinnatifl 

 " 



varying from entire to deeply pinnatifld ; rachis densely scaly ; 

 edge slightly inflexed. Mexico, 1831. A handsome stove exhi- 

 bition fern. See Fig. 698. (B. M. 4699.) 



N. 



(scaly), sti. tufted, lin. to 4in. long, densely 



scaly, fronds Sin. to 4in. long, lin. or more broad, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, bipinnate ; pinnae 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, Ac. 



N. snlplmrea (sulphurous). rhiz. creeping, the scales dense, 

 rigid, linear, nearly black. stL tufted, 4in. to 6in. long, wiry, 

 naked, fronds 2in. to Sin. each way, deltoid; upper pinnae 

 simple, central ones lanceolate, cut down to the rachis at the 

 base into oblong lobes ; lowest pair with the lowest pinnules 

 much prolonged, iin. or more long, pinnatifld or pinnate ; lower 

 surface coated with white or yellow powder, sori black. Cali- 



fornia, Ac. SYNS. N. 

 inalis sulphured. 



zndida, Cheilanthes pulveracea, and Cin- 



FIG. 699. FROND OF NOTHOCHL^NA TRICHOMANOIDES. 



N.trichomanoides(Trichomanes-like).* rhiz. thick, bulbiferous, 

 the scales black, sti. tufted, 2in. to 4in. long, firm, erect, slightly 

 scaly, fronds 6in. to 12in. long, Jin. to liin. broad, simply pin- 

 nate ; pinnae sessile, ovate-oblong, blunt, pinnatifid, with blunt 

 lobes ; lower surface clothed with white powder and fine ferru- 

 ginous woolly hairs ; the edge inflexed. Jamaica and Cuba, 

 1814. A very beautiful greenhouse species, and cue of the best 

 for growing in a basket. See Fig. 699. 



NOTHOCL2ENA. See Nothochlama. 



