TAB. LII. 
Nothochl^na ferruginea. Hook. 
Caudice repente longe fibroso bulbillis ovatis squamosis demum 
frondiferis onusto, stipitibus aggregatis 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- 
uatifidis, supra villosis subtus densissime ferrugineo-v. albo- 
pamiosis, laciniis utrinque 6-8 breviusculis ovato-oblongis 
uniformibus, marginibus magis mlnusve revolutis subinvolu- 
criformibus, soris aterrimis. 
Cheilantbes ferruginea, Willd, Herb. Kaulf. En. p. 209. Met- 
ten. ChiL p. 23. 
Notbochlasna rufa, Pr. Pel. Hcenh. 1. p. 19. Liebm. Fil, Mex, 
p. 62. 
Notliocblgena tomentosaj Desv. Journ, Bot. 3. p. 92. 
Kothochlagna trichomanoideSj Mart, et Gal. Fil. Mex. p. 45j 
{not Br.) 
Hab. Peru ( Vahl, Herb, and Poeppig); Columbia ( Moritz); 
Guatemala, and Mexico are given as localities for tins 
F ern ; 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 
Nothochlcena 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 J amaica. 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 
Nothochlcena ferruginea : f. 2. The white state; natural size, 
f. 3. Segment with sori, magnified ; f 4, Portion of a fertile 
segment, more highly magnified. 
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