AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 



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121. MICROLEPIA, Presl 



Vernation uniserial, sarmentose. Fronds pinnate or bi-tripin- 

 natifid, 1-6 feet high, del- 

 toid. Veins simply or 

 pinnately forked ; venules 

 i'ree, the exterior one or 

 moresoriferous. $onsimple, 

 often anti-marginal. Recep- 

 tacles terminal, punctiform. 

 Indusium attached by its 

 broad base only, or by its 

 base and sides, constituting 

 a simple, cucullate or semi- 

 nrceolate, vertical cyst. 



1. M. tricosticha, /. 



8m. Davallia tri- 

 costicha, Hook. ; 

 Lowe's Ferns, 8, 

 t. 29. Philippine 

 Islands. 



2. M. scabra, J. Sm. Davallia scabra, Don. Davallia villosa, 



Wall. ; Hook. Sp. Fil. t. 48 A. India, Japan. 



3. M. cristata, /. 8m. En. Fil. Philipp. Davallia Khasyana, 



Hook. Sp. Fil. t. 47 A, 5-7 A. East Indies. 



4. M. platyphylla, J. 8m. Davallia platyphylla, D. Don. 



Davallia Lonchitidea, Wall. ; Hook. Sp. Fil. t. 46 B ; 

 Lowe's Ferns, 8, i. 30 ; Hook. Fil. Exot. 1. 19. Davallia 

 majuscula, Lowe's Ferns, 8, t. 33. East Indies. 



5. M. polypodioides, Presl; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 58. Davallia 



polypodioides, D. Don. Polypodium nudum, Forst. 

 Da,vallia rhomboidea, Wall. . Davallia flaccida, JR. Br. 

 East Indies, Polynesia. 



6. M. strigosa, Moore. Davallia strigosa, Sw. Trichomanes 



strigosa, Tliunb. Japan. 



7. M. Novge-Zelandise, J". 8m. Davallia Novae-Zelandise, 



Colenso ; Hook. Sp. Fil. t. 51 B ; Hook. Gard. Ferns, 

 t. 51. Davallia hispida, Hew, Acrophorus hispidus, 

 Moore. New Zealnnd. 



Genus 121. Fertile pinna, under side. 

 No. 4. 



