



Portion of mature Frond- -upper side. 



NOTHOCHLCENA SQUAMOSA. Lowe. 



FLATE XVII. — 15. 



Notliochlmia squamafa^ Moose. 



" Gillesii, Fee. 



Cheilanthes squamosa, Gillies. Piiesl. 



" " HoOKES AND GSEVILLE. 



iVo^/wcAfe?^«— Spurious cloak. Squamosa— Hcalj. 



Although seldom seen in any except the largest collections 

 of Ferns, yet this species deserves to be grown by all who ad- 

 mire the Foreign Filices. It should be cultivated even where 

 only about a score species are grown, for its dwarf habit, the 

 beautiful radiating form of its fronds, and the singular pale 

 colour and woolly appearance of the upper surface, are features 

 to be much admired, and sufficiently so as to render it one of 

 those desirable species where only a few of the more interesting 

 Ferns can be grown. 



It was introduced into England about the year 1843. 



Fronds pinnate, somewhat egg-shaped, with obtusely-oblong 

 pinnatifid pinnse, which are alternate; the colour above is a 

 dull green, beneath it is scaly and whitish. 



The usual length of the frond is six inches, occasionally they 

 exceed eight inches, and are two inches and a quarter broad. 

 ** Sori terminal, extending all round each segment of the pinnse. 



An evergreen stove Fern, growing on rocks. 



