TAB. CLXXXIII. 
DAVALLIA FLAGELLIFER A. 
FILICES. 
—Grynarz. Br. Porvropiacrm. Kaulf. Fririczs vere. Willd., Spreng. 
GzN. Cuan. DAVALLIA, Sm. 
SSori subrotundi (vel in lineola verticali) margini plerumque 
approximati. 
Involucrum superficiarium, ex apice ven: unice ortum, lateribus vel lata basi 
adnatum, exterius ct verticaliter liberum. Jr. 
DavarL1A fagellifera ; fronde lanceolata pinnata, pinnis alternis lineari-lanceolatis longe attenuatis 
crenato-dentatis basi oblique cuneatis brevi-petiolatis, dentibus soriferis. 
Davallia flagellifera. | JZ"allich in Herb. 1823; in List of Pl. of E. Ind. Comp. Mus. n. 243. 
Han. In Insula Penang. JZ'allich. 
Caudex repens, crassus, radiculoso-fibrosus. 
Stipes spithamzeus et ultra, erectus, teres, fuscus. 
Frons pedalis et ultra, circumscriptione ovato-lanceolata, pinnata ; pinnis alternis, erecto-patentibus, flexuosis, 
4 ad 6 uncias longis, lineari-lanceolatis, rigidis, glabris, basi oblique cuneatis, brevi-pedicellatis, apice longe 
attenuatis, per totum marginem crenato-dentatis, costatis, oblique sed obscure nervosis. Rachis glabra, fusca, 
hinc sulcata. 
Sori solitarii in singulo dente, venas terminantes. 
Involucrum hemisphaericum, fornicatum, suberosum, extus dehiscens. 
Capsule globosse, fuscae, longe pedicellatzse. 
Semina minutissima, reniformia vel ovalia. - 
Fig. 1. Portio frondis fructifere. f. 2. Capsule. f 3. Semina:—magn. auct. 
A beautiful species of a very beautiful genus, and only known to us through the medium of the 
splendid botanical collections brought to this country by Dr. Wallich. 
