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BRITISH FERNS. 
egg-shaped, slightly stalked, thin and membranous like 
our Hymenophyllums, dull green above, powdered be- 
neath, the powder white at first, turning brown later. 
The fronds are often pendulous, about a foot long. 
Jamaica is its home. 
Nothochlcena tenera. Tender Nothochlcena . Compact, 
slender, delicate, shining, bipinnate ; pinnse on wiry 
footstalks ; leaflets lobed in the lower part, bluish-green, 
8 or 10 inches high. A native of Chili. 
Nothochlcena tomentosa. Downy Nothochlcena. Fronds 
tripinnate ; leaflets very small, roundish, concave, and 
much crowded, woolly all over. Very popular in stove- 
houses, requiring great care in watering, as the fronds 
easily rot off. A Mexican species. 
Nothochlcena lanuginosa . Woolly Nothochlcena . 
Fronds tender and delicate, of a heavy green colour, 
and very woolly ; 6 inches high. A native of Africa and 
South America. 
Platyloma flexuosa. Twining Platyloma . Stem, zig- 
zag, bearing at each angle a pinna of five, six, or seven 
leaflets of an oval form, bordered with sori, and situated 
upon footstalks. It is found twining round trees in 
Peru and British Columbia. 
Platyloma ternifolia . Three-leaved Platyloma . Pen- 
dulous, with leaflets in whorls of six, three leaflets on 
either side the stem. Very elegant, and suitable for 
baskets. A Mexican species. 
Platyloma calomelanos . Beautiful black Platyloma . 
Grows about a foot long, bipinnate ; the leaflets trian- 
gular, bluish-green, with thickened border; caudex 
creeping. It is found at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Platyloma geraniifolia. Geranium-leaved Platyloma . 
Fronds light green, shining, triangular, 6-10 inches 
