Mohria
(named after Daniel Mohr, a German botanist, who died in 1808). ORD. Filices. A monotypic genus. The species is a sweet-scented greenhouse fern, with the habit of Cheilanthes. Capsules sessile, placed on the back of the leafy frond near the edge. M. caffrorum and its variety require a compost of peat and sand, to which should be added small lumps of sandstone. They thrive in a cool greenhouse, and constitute pretty subjects for the Wardian case, if plenty of room is allowed. For general culture, M. caffrorum (Kaffir).* sti. tufted, 3in. to 4in. long, slightly scaly. fronds 6in. to 18in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, tripinnatifid; pinnae close, lanceolate-oblong, cut down to a narrowly-winged rachis into oblong pinnules, which are pinnatifid and deeply toothed in the barren frond, less divided in the fertile one. Cape of Good Hope, &c., 1842. SYN. M. thurifragra. M. c. achilleaefolia (Achillea-leaved). A finely-cut variety, with the fronds almost quadripinnatifid. It is not so robust as the type, and is much rarer in cultivation.
M. thurifragra (frankincense). A synonym of M. caffrorum.