UNDS/EA. 213 



elongated at sonic distance from tlie margin, stii)eb brown, 

 rachis straw-colour. (Tab. lAV. B.) 



Ilab. St. Cuthariiie's, Brazil, Captain Beechey. — Stipes and frond eacli 

 6 — 8 inches long. This again is a very Davalloid-looking plant, of the 

 "cuneate" section or Subgenns of that family, and in many respects allied 

 \o DavuUia bifida. Here, however, the ultimate lobes are never single- 

 veined, but tliey bear 2 — 4 veins, and the sorus is lengthened out trans- 

 versely in proportion. 



32. L. Gardneri, Hook ; frond subdeltoid acuminate mem- 

 branaceous dark green rather rigid 3—4 pinnate, pinnae half- 

 ovate with the su])erior base truncate or smaller and oblicjuely 

 cuneate cut about half-way down into broadly cuneate 

 toothed segments which are approximate entire or 2-lobed 

 the apices uni- or bisorous, sori reniform terminating 2 or 4 

 veins. (Tab. LXV. C.) 



Hab. Organ INIountains, Brazil ; on a dry shady bank, Mr. Gardner, 

 n. 156. — Nearly allied to the preceding, but darker-coloured in every 

 part, more rigid, the pinnules much less deeply divided and the divisions 

 more approximate (having much nanower sinuses). 



33. L. elongaia. Lab. ; caudex creeping, stipes terete fur- 

 rowed on one side hispid at the base, frond deltoid-ovate 

 bi-tripinnate, pinnae ovate or lanceolate acuminate ultimate 

 ones pinuatifid, pinnules and segments obovate obtuse fertile 

 ones truncated, all of them coriaceous many-veined somewhat 

 toothed, sori terminating the lobes but opening downwards 

 (on the underside). — Lahill. Serf. Austr. Caledon. p. 6, t. 9, 



Hab. New Caledonia, Labillardiere. — The author just mentioned has 

 well figured and described this plant ; and no other botanist seems to have 

 gathered it, so that it is probably peculiar to New Caledonia : but it is 

 again one of those ferns which has as strong a claim to be placed in the 

 Genus Davallia as in Lindsaa. In habit and texture it is allied to Daval- 

 lia return (p. 188, t. 52, A.), but is much smaller, much less divided, more 

 coriaceous, more closely-veined, and the lobes and ultimate pinnules are 

 less truncate and cuneate, especially the barren ones ; so that if placed in 

 Davallia it could not well be referred to the cuneate section along with 

 that species. I am indebted to P. B. Webb, Esq., for an original speci- 

 men of Labillardiere. 



34. L. pendula, Kl. ; caudex creeping clothed with com- 

 pact paleaceous hairs, stipes elongated, frond (rather small) 

 ovate bipinnate, pinna) horizontal linear obtuse terminal one 

 elongated, pinnules all pendulous and secund obovate ob- 

 licpiely cuneate subcoriaceous, sori quite marginal broad. 

 (Tab. LXV. A.) — Klotzsch, in Li/nuca, 1844, y^. 548. 



Hab. British Guiana, Ric/i. Sc/wmbmyf,; in Herb. J. Smith. — This is a 

 very remarkable species, extremely unlike any other, of which 1 have seen 

 no specimen, save one sent by Dr. Klotzsch io Mr. J. Smith, and which is 



