Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



NOTHOCHLCEI^A ECKLONIANA. 

 KuNZE. Link. J. Smith. Fee, Moore. 



PLATE XVII. A. 



JVothochloena ])umil(i, 11. Behol. 



Notlioclilxna — Spurious cloak. Ecldoniana — Ecklon's. 



This species is one of tlic division of the NothocJilmias 

 whose fronds are scaly. It is a very handsome Fern, Mr. Moore 

 says "the most beautiful one of the scaly section." Nothochlcena 

 Ecldoniana is scarcely known amongst the Fern growers, being 

 a rare and expensive species, and only to be procured from 

 one or two Nurserymen. 



The fronds are entirely covered with narrow white scales, so 

 completely so as to give the plant a woolly appearance. In form 

 they are somewhat egg-shaped, the pinnules bluntly oblong, 

 and the segments nearly ovate, crenate, and concave, revolute 

 margin. Frond tripinnate. 



The length of the frond is nearly twelve inches. 



Sori terminal. There is a single row of spore-cases on each 

 segment, and these are rather concealed by the margin of the 

 segments being revolute. 



It has a creeping rhizoma. 



An evergreen Fern, requiring care and attention in order 

 to cultivate it successfully. 



A stove species. 

 VOL. L K 



