NO THO CHL^NA . 



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pinnules (leafits) is slightly recurved, though it does not form a true involucre, 

 such as is seen in the well-known C. farinosa, for instance, a Fern otherwise 

 much like this species. In perfectly -developed plants the fronds of N'. Candida 

 are broadly triangular in outline and bipinnate (Fig. 147), the leafy portion 

 scarcely measuring 4in. in length. Another very noticeable character peculiar 

 to this species consists in the extension of the lowest leaflets, which are 

 much the broadest, from the fact that the basal pinnules (leafits) on the lower 

 side are much longer than the corresponding 

 ones on the upper side, and are divided. The 

 upper surface is of a dull green colour, but 

 copiously sprinkled with minute, stalked, whitish 

 glands ; the underside is covered with white or 

 yellowish, ceraceous powder, except on the black 

 and shining midribs. The dark brown sori 

 (spore masses) are situated just within the 

 margin. — Eaton^ Ferns of North America, i., t. 9. 



N. (Cincinalis) chilensis — Cin-cin-a'-hs ; 

 chil-en'-sis (Chilian), Hooker. 

 A greenhouse species, of small dimensions, 

 native of Juan Fernandez Island. Its somewhat 

 egg-shaped fronds, oin. to 4in. long and 2in. 

 broad, borne on tufted, stout, glossy stalks of 

 a chestnut-brown colour and nearly naked, are 

 tripinnate (three times divided to the midrib). 

 The triangular leaflets are distantly disposed, and 

 their pinnules (leafits), of similar shape, are stalk- 

 less ; the ultimate segments are oblong and very 



narrow, of a somewhat leathery texture, and sometimes very deeply cleft. 

 The upper surface, of a pale green colour, is naked, while the under -side 

 is densely coated with white powder. The spore masses are brown. — Hooker, 

 Species Filicum, v., p. 112, t. 286a. 



Fig, U7. Frond of Nothochlasna Candida 

 (i nat. size). 



N. (Cincinalis) chrysophylla — Cin-cin-a'-lis ; chry-soph-yF-la (golden- 

 fronded). A synonym of N. Jlavens, 



