DAVALLIA. Ibl 



68. ]), distans, Kaiill". ; " fronds tripinnatc, ])innulc.s ovate 

 obtuse cuneate at the base upper ones confluent, lerlile ones 

 crenulate above, involucres subrotund." Knulf. Kit. Fil. 

 p. 223. 



Hah. Brazil, {Herb. Martens). — " Primary and secoTidary pinnae very 

 distant : pinnules nienibranarcnus, ^ an inch lonj^. Position ol" the iructi- 

 licatioii nearly as in iJnmllia adianUiidcs (Uichsniiia Plum'uri, nohis)." — 

 Imperfect though the (lcserii)tion is, Mr. J. Smith and Mr. (iardiier have 

 believed the D. iiuajualis to be intended by it ; with which however it does 

 not at all accord. 



6.9. D. Itirta, Kaulf. ; tall, fronds erect rigid ovato-lancco- 

 late much and gradually acuminate rather glossy tripinnate, 

 pinnules approximate rhombeo-lanceolate subdimidiate acute 

 decurrent, upper ones coadunate, all oC them inciso-))inna- 

 lifid, segments acute, sori small on the inner margin in the 

 sinus of a lobe, involucres half-cuj)-sha])ed, veins prominent 

 and hairy especially beneath, rachis hispido-tomentose. — 

 Kaulf. En. Fil. p. 223. Dicksouia Kaulfussiana, Gaud, in 

 Freyc. Voy. Bat. p. 3G8 } {See mention of litis plant, supra, 

 p. 71.) Davallia villosa, Don, according to Sprenyel. — 

 /3. larger and with laxcr ramification. 



Hal). Sandwich Islands ; Oahu, Chumisso, Brec/iei/, Barclay, Dr. Diell, 

 Douglas, and nlhcrs. Ne])al ? (Don). — ^3. Ceylon, ^[rs. Gen. Walker. — 

 A very beautiful and very distinct Fern, with somethiue of the rigid habit 

 and general apjiearance of the Polijstichum group oi Aspidiwn : though more 

 divided. Stipes and main costa rigid : the form of the ultimate pinnules 

 and their sharpness bring the species near to Dav. incBqualis, but the habit 

 of the plant, and the hairiness and the iuvolucres are considerably 

 different. 



70. D. polypodioides, Don ; catulex creeping, frond large 

 ovate or deltoid acuminate tripinnate flaccid more or less 

 liairy or downy es])ecially on the veins and costae beneath, 

 primary ])inna) and lower secondary ones distant and acu- 

 minate, pinnules oblong or rhombeo-lanceolate obtuse dee])ly 

 pinnatiiid, the lobes ovate or obovate entire or irregularly 

 inciso-lobate or again ])innatifid suboblique very obtuse, sori 

 rather large (when jierlect) usually solitary on the entire 

 lobes, several on the piiuiatilid ones and in the sinuses within 

 the margin, sometimes on a small tooth more numerous on 

 the suj)erior margin, involucres small half-cup-shaped gla- 

 brous or rarely his})id, rachis downy or hispid on the under- 

 side. — JJon, Prodr. Fl. Nep., p. 10. Microlepia poly])u- 

 dioides, Pr. Dicksouia poly])odioides, *S'?f;. Sipt. Fil. p. 137 

 and 356. M illd. Sp. PL v. p. 488. Davallia llaccida, /;/-. 

 Prodr. Xor. JJoll. p. 157. Bl. En. Fil. Jai: p. 237. Pon, 

 I. c. p. H)} I). Nepalensis, Spr.? Microlepia llaccida, 



