'Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



NOTHOCHLCENA TPJCHOMANOIDES. R. Brotvn. 

 Desvaux. Moore and Houlston. Sprengel. 



PLATE XIV. — B. 





Nothochlcena sinuata, 



Katjlfuss. 





" ferruginea, 



Desyaux. 





Notholoena trichomanoides, 



R. Beown. 



Presl. 



Cincinalis triclwmanoides, 



Desvatjx. 





Pteris trichomanoides, 



Lli^N^US. 



SWARTZ. 



U ii 



Spkengel. 



SCHKUHE 



Acrostichum pteroides, 



BEEJfnAEDI. 





" sinuatum, 



SWAETZ. 





JSfothochoelna — Spurious cloak. 



Trichomanoides — Trichomanes-likc. 



The present Fern is a very beautiful species, and is one of 

 the handsomest of the genus. 



It is a stove Fern, slender, having a pendulous habit. 



The length of the frond is usually about twelve inches; the 

 examples from Wentworth are very fine, some fronds being 

 fifteen inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad. 



The colour above is a dull green; beneath it is usually covered 

 with a white .farinose powder, and a brown stellate pubescence. 

 The rachis is hairy, and of a reddish brown colour. 



The frond is pinnate, the pinnae being of an oblong obtuse 

 form, crenate, or bluntly lobed, the base caudate, and auriculatc. 



Sori terminal, becoming .confluent, and forming a continuous 

 linear mara-inal belt. 



