

4 - -^ 



Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



NOTHOCHLCENA TOMENTOSA. 

 J. Smith. Desvaux. Moore and Houlston. Presl. 



PLATE XV. B. 



Cheilanthes tomentosa, Link. Hooker. 



Nofhoclilmia — Spurious cloak. ' Tomentosa — Downy. 



Although the present Fern is in all the principal collections 

 in Great Britain, still it is not usually seen anywhere else. It 

 is very handsome, and deserves to be more generally cultivated. 



Nothochlosna tomentosa is a delicate evergreen stove Fern, 

 very woolly in appearance, and differing considerably from any 

 of the species yet described. 



The fronds are tripinnate, the pinnules being oblong-linear, 

 and having exceedingly small segments, which are roundish, 

 distant, and concave, the terminal one being large in comparison 

 with the others. 



The sori are not by any means copious, there being only a 

 few spore cases on each segment. 



In length the fronds are about twelve inches. 



The stipes is attached to a short creeping rhizoma. 



In cultivation, it is requisite to use great care in watering, 

 as the moisture is apt to remain on the fronds if they become 

 wet, and when this is the case they soon decay. 



