

[ Portion of mature Frond— upper side. 



NOTHOCHLJ^NA EUFA. 



Presl. Moore and Houlston. Fee. Kunze. 



J. Smith. 



PLATE XVIII. B. 



NotTiolcena rufa, Peesl. 



Cheilanthes ferruginea, ■ Willdexow. Link. 



" " Speekgel. Kaijlfttss. 



NothocTilcena — Spurious cloak. Rufa — Eed. 



Nothochlcena rufa is a Fern partaking somewhat of the char- 

 acter and general appearance of N. tricliomanoides. It is a rare 

 species in cultivation, and not to be procured at the Euglish 

 Nurseries. In habit it is slender, and rather straggling. 



A native of the West Indies, South America, American 

 Meridian, Mexico, and Peru. 



An evergreen stove Fern, which was received at the Koyal 

 Gardens, Kew, in the year 1841, from the lloyal Botanic Gardens 

 of Berlin. 



