AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 
Davallia-—continued. 
broad. sori one to each tooth, small. Malayan Peninsula. 
D. serrata, D. gracilis, and D. Luzonica are either identical with 
this species, or else unimportant forms. (Н. $. Е. 1, 60.) 
D. plat; Па (broad-leaved).* rhiz, creeping, stout. sti.2in. to 
3ft. pret azi Aes ft. to 4ft. long, tripinnatifid ; lower 
pinnz lft. to lift. long, біп. to Эіп. broad, lanceolate, with 
distant linear-lanceolate ules, which are deeply cut into 
broad, bluntish toothed 10! sori two to twelve to a segment. 
East Indies. SYN. D. lonchitidea. (H.S. Е. 1, 46 в.) 
D. polyantha (many-fruited) A synonym of D. divaricata. 
D. pulchra (fair). А synonym of D. cherophylla. 
D. pyxidata (Box-like).* rhiz. stout, creeping, densely scaly. sti. 
pd primed >, to 6in. long. fronds din. to 18in. long, біп. ёо! 
Sin. broad, deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid; pinnules of the lower 
pinnz lanceolate, 2in. to din. long, lin. broad, with deltoid or 
oblong segments, sori deeply half cup-shaped in the teeth. New 
South Wales, 1808. (Н. 8. Р 1, 55 с.) i eun 
, re creeping).* rhiz, wide-creeping, climbing. Yon 
eie y M ut Bin. to 18in. long, sin. to ljin. broad ; pinnz jin. 
to iin. long, about half as broad as deep. sori marginal, large. 
Borneo, &c., 1869. SvNs. D. hemiptera, Odontoloma repens. See 
Fig. 628 (next page). 
D. scaberula (slightly rough). A synonym of D. hirta. 
D. scabra (rough) A synonym of D. marginalis, : КА 
D. solida (solid).* rhiz, stout, densely scaly. sti. strong, erect, 
4in. to c e fronds 1%. to 2ft. long, lft. to 1jft. broad, 
delto: tripinnatifid; segments  ovate-rhomboidal, deeply 
toothed, narrower and sharper in fertile fronds. sori nearly 
or quite marginal. Isle of Luzon, 1844. (Н, S. F. 1, 42) 
D. ornata is a form with broad, slightly cut segments. 
Ето. 626. DAVALLIA PALLIDA. 
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Davallia—continued. E TT 
deeply cut into unequal-sided, bluntly-toothed, obl rhom- 
эе) L "Fropical 
boidal pinnules. sori two to twelve toa innule, small. 
Asia. SYN. D. khasyiana, (H. S. Е. v 15) 
D. в. rhomboidea (rhomboidal) | Similar in texture and hairi- 
ness to type, but somewhat larger in all its parts; lower pinnules 
lanceolate-deltoid, 1}in. long, cut down nearly to the rachis into 
oblong lobes. 
D. tenuifolia (slender-leaved).* rhiz, stou creeping, densel 
fibrillose. sti, strong, erect, біп, to 12in. А eto lft, to 
lift. long, бїз, to Qin. broad, ovate, quadripinnatifid ; lower 
pinne ovate-lanceolate, din. to біп. long, 2in. to 3in. broad: pin- 
nules lanceolate, their segments cut down to the rachis below 
with toothed cuneate lobes.  sori terminal, usually solitary. 
"Tropical Asia. 
D. Tyermanni (Tyermann's)* rhiz. wide-creeping, densely 
scaly ; scales linear, white. sti. дїп. to дїп. long, 2 тА 
fronds 4in. to біп. long, deltoid, three to four- обе sin 
pinne largest, stalked, deltoid, unequal-sided ; 1 i 
Stalked, cuneate-oblong or deltoid, with ‘an ; 
upper, and cuneate-oblong pinnatifid Jower, 
the base of ultimate lobes, А 
Coast of Africa, 1871. (G. С. 1871, 870.) ' — 
D. villosa (hairy. A synonym of D. marginalis. 
DAVIDSONIA (named after the discoverer of the 
plant, who first met with it in a sugar plantation). ou 
Savifragee.. A remarkably handsome stove plant, wi h 
an erect habit, and of apl tly easy culture. P 
gated by portions of ste: rted in sand or eocoa-nuf - 
fibre, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. à ic 
:hing)* 4 alternate, impari-pinnate, 2ft. long. 
D. pruriens (itching) ; : ag 
H hairs; pinne in five or six { 
terminal one about Sim. long; petioles and rachises thickly : 
