TAB. LII. 



NOTHOCHLiENA FERRUGINEA, Hooli. 



Caudice repente longe fibroso bulbillis ovatis squamosis demum 

 frondiferis onusto, stipitibus aggregates 2-4 pollicaribus ri- 

 gidis tomentosis demum nudis aterrimis, frondibus 6-8-10- 

 pollicaribus erectis coriaceis firmis lanceolatis pinnatis, pinnis 

 horizontalibus sessilibus subsemiunciam longis obtusis pin- 

 natifidis, supra villosis subtus densissime ferrugineo-v. albo- 

 pannosis, laciniis utrinque 6-8 breviusculis ovato-oblongis 

 uniformibus, marginibus magis minusve revolutis subinvolu- 

 criformibus, soris aterrimis. 



Cheilanthes ferruginea, Willd. Herb. Kaulf. En. p. 209. Met- 



ten. Chil. p. 23. 

 Nothochlsena rufa, Pr. Rel. Hank. 1. p. 19. Liebm. Fil. Mex. 



p. 62. 

 Nothochlaena tomentosa, Desv. Journ, Bot. 3. p. 92. 

 Nothochlsena trichomanoides, Mart, et Gal. Fil. Mex. p. 45, 



(not Br.) 



Hab. Peru (Vahl, Herb, and Poeppig); Columbia (Moritz); 

 Guatemala, and Mexico are given as localities for this 

 Fern ; and in the latter country it appears to be a frequent 

 inhabitant of the mountains, at elevations varying from 3 to 

 5000 feet. Jamaica, St. Andrew's Parish, near Shalloten- 

 burgh Great House, elev. 3-4000, on rocks and shingly 

 soil fully exposed, Mr. Nathaniel Wilson. If Willdenow's 

 Acrostichum Bonariense be the same plant, as implied by 

 Mettenius' synonyms, it is a native of Buenos- Ayres ; but 

 this requires further confirmation. May not that be the 

 Nothochlana hypoleuca? a nearly allied species, known to 

 be a native of Chili. 



This is a very elegant Fern, and now for the first time 

 found in the West Indies by Mr. Wilson, the indefatigable 

 superintendent of the Botanic Garden in Jamaica. Generically 

 this borders very closely upon Cheilanthes, and has nearly as 

 good a claim to rank with the one Genus as with the other. 



Tab. LII. Fig. 1. Plant of the ferruginous state of 

 Nothochlana ferruginea : f. 2. The white state ; natural size. 

 f. 3. Segment with sori, magnified ; J". 4. Portion of a fertile 

 segment, more highly magnified. 



Cent, 2. t. 52. 



