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Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



NOTHOCHL(EiSiA NIVEA. 



Desvaux. Kaulfuss. Mooee and IIoulston, Kunze. 



Presl. Sprengel. 



PLATE XIII, 



Notlioclilcena incana, 

 Notholcena nivea, 

 Cincinalis nivea, 

 Pteris nivea, 

 Acrostichum alhidulum, 



Peesl. 



R. Bkown. J. Smith. 



Desvaijx. Fee. 



SWAKTZ. SPEEI^aEL. PoiEET. 

 WlLLDENOW. SWARTZ. 

 SpEENGEL. CAVAJiTELLES. 



Nothocliloena — Spurious cloak. 



Nivea — Snowy. 



There will be very few handsomer Ferns figured in this 

 work than the Notlioclilcena nivea, it is a tender, delicate, and 

 lovely species, requiring to be cultivated in a stove. When 

 well grown it makes a compact elegant plant, which is strikingly 

 beautiful from the copious snowy-white farinose powder which 

 covers the under side of the fronds, and the beauty is enhanced 

 by the marginal belt of dark shining sori. 



The length of the frond varies from six to twelve inches; 

 usually about ten inches. 



The colour of the frond, when first expanded, is a bright 

 green, becoming, when more mature, of a bluish green on the 

 upper side, whilst beneath it is covered with a dense pure white 

 farinose powder. 



