Portion of mature Frond— under side. 



NOTHOCHL^NA DISTANS. 



R. Brown. Kunze. Kaulfuss? Labill. Moore and 



HouLSTON. Fee. J. Smith. 



PLATE XIX. B. 



Nothochlmna — Spurious cloak. 



Distans — Distant. 



A RARE Fern, being seldom met with in our British collections, 

 and consequently a difficult species to procure fronds of. It is 

 a neat interesting Fern, and one which should be more generally 

 cultivated. 



NothochlcBJia distans is a dwarf evergreen species. 



A greenhouse Fern. 



New Holland appears to be the only country in which this 

 species has been found. 



This Nothochlcena was introduced into England in the year 

 1823, and was raised from spores at the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 in 1836. 



The form of the frond is linear-lanceolate, it is bipinnate, 

 having oblong-obtuse pinnules, opposite, sessile, and hairy. 



It is a very scaly Fern, the stipes, rachis, and even the midrib 

 of the pinnae being covered with scales. 



