TAB. LII. 
NOTHOCHLiENA FERKTJGINEA, Hook. 
Caudice repente longe fibroso bulbillis ovatis squamosis demum 
ffondiferis onasto, stipitibus aggregates 2-4 pollicaribus ri- 
o-idis tomentosis demum nudis aterrimis, frondibus 6-8-10- 
pollicari bus erectis coriaceis firmis lanceolatis pinnatis, pinni 8 
horizon talibus sessilibus subsemiunciam longis obtusis pi n _ 
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. 
Clieilantbes ferruginea, Willd.Herb. Kaulf. En. p. 209. Met- 
ten. Chil. p. 23. 
Nothoeldcena rufa, Pr. Bel. Hank. 1. p. 19. Lielm. Fil. Mex. 
p. 62 . 
Nothochlsena tomentosa, Desv. Journ, Bot. 3. p. 92. 
NotbochlasDa 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 
Nothoeldcena 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 
Nothoeldcena ferruginea : f. 2. The white state ; natural size, 
f. 3. Segment with sori, magnified ; f. 4. Portion of a fertile 
segment, more highly magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 62. 
