Fertile pinna, upper side. 



NOTIIOCHL^NA FLAVENS. 

 Moore. 



PLATE Till. 



Cincinalis flavens, Desvaus. J. Smith. 



Acroslichum flavens, Swaetz. 



Gymnogramme flavens, Eaulfuss. 



Nothochlcena — From the Greek, nothos — spurious, and chlaina — a cloak, 

 in allusion to the sori. Flavens — YeUow. 



A VERY fine gold Fern, tbe under side of the frond being 

 covered with, a rich yellow farinose powder. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Central America. 



The fronds are bipinnate, the lower pinnas bearing bluntly- 

 oblong pinnules, the superior ones becoming sessile and the 

 terminal one lobed; above a rigid green, below brilliant 

 yellow, from copious farinee. Branches sub-opposite, ascending. 



Sori linear, continuous, and becoming after a time confluent, 

 and thus forming a broad dark margined belt of rounded sori, 



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