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Davallia—continued. 
1G. 320. PINNA OF DAVALLIA DIVARICATA. 
shallow. Madagascar, 1887. SyN. Stenoloma ferruginea. 
FiG. 321. UPPER PORTION OF FROND OF DAVALLIA HIRTA 
CRISTATA. 
D. ferruginea (rusty). sti. wide-creeping, climbing, not prickly. 
Jronds quadripinnatitid ; pinnules of the lower pinn‘ 2in. to 3in. 
long, lin. broad, ovate; segments lin. long, jin. broad, cut down 
to the rachis below, the lobes din. to gin. broad, cuneate at base, 
both deeply-toothed and shallowy crenate. sori small, marginal, 
Davallia—continued. 
Fic, 322. FROND OF DAVALLIA MARIESIT. 
D. fijensis elegans (elegant). A pretty variety, lighter- 
coloured and less dense than the aa 1893. 
D. f. major (greater). fronds not so finely cut as in the type, 
borne on slender stalks, and much lighter in colour. Plant more 
robust. 
D. f. plumosa (feathery). In this variety the segments are 
extremely narrow, and all parts of the frond have a specially 
graceful, plumose appearance. 1882. 
D. foeniculacea (Fennel-like). sti. erect, firm, 6in. to 8in. long. 
fronds Sin. to 18in. long, bin. to 12in. broad, lanceolate-deltoid, 
quadripinnate ; lower pinnules lanceolate, acuminate, 2in. to Jin. 
long, lin. broad ; segments cut down to the rachis into simple or 
forked, linear, filiform ultimate divisions one to two lines long, 
equalling the rachis in breadth. sori two to six to a segment, 
lateral, deeply half-cup-shaped. Fiji Islands, 1885. 
Fic. 323. DAVALLIA PARALLELA. 
