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Madras Presidency, on the western -moun- 

 tains ; Ceylon, Central Provinces 3,000-5,000 

 feet ; Himalayas, Nepal and Bhotan, 2,000- 

 9,000 feet ; Khasya ; Moulmein. 



GENUS VIII. DAVALLIA SM. 

 (Deriv. after Davall, a Swiss Botanist.) 



Indusium leathery, attached at sides and 

 base, half cup-shaped. Rhizome creeping, 

 stipe articulated with the rhizome. 



(a) Sori half cup-shaped with usually a 

 horn on the outside. 



i. D. bullata. 



(b) Sori half-cyJindricil with no horn. 



2. D. fijieusis. 



* 



i. Davallia bullata Wall. 



Rhizome creeping, covered with hair-pointed 

 scales. Frond triangular, 8-12 inches long, 4-8 

 inches broad, four-pinnatifid with deeply incised 

 segments. Texture leathery. Sori half cup- 

 shaped, marginal and with usually a horn on 

 the outside. [Fig. 13.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Western 

 Ghats. 



