DAVALLIA. 469 



36*. D. leptocarpa, Mett. ; rhizome wide-creeping ; scales larf?e, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, adpressed ; st. 3-5 in. 1. ; //•. deltoid, .5-0 in. 1., tripinnatifid ; main rachis 

 winged throughout ; jnnnce short-stalked, ovate-lanceolate ; pinnl. suhsessile, 

 rhomhoid-ohlong, with segm. of sterile fr. cuneate-oblong, toothed, of fertile 

 deeply pinnatifid, with linear-spathulate lobes bearing the sorus on the dilated 

 base ; texture thinly coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; 'uii\ narrow-oblong, with a 

 horn beyond. — Kulm, Linn. 3(5, /?. 144. 



Hab. Aneiteum, MacgilUvray, 56. 



40*. D. dissecta, J. Sni. ; rhizome stout, wide-scandent, clothed with dense 

 linear-subulate ferruginous scales ; st. \ ft. 1., stramineous, naked ; fr. 1-H ft. 1., 

 deltoid, 4-pinnatitid ; pinnce stalked, lanceolate, the lowest deltoid, 5-G in. 1., 

 produced on the lower side ; pinnl. close, deltoid, subsessile, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; segm. oblong, cuneate at the base, deeply pinnatifid, with 

 erccto-patent ligulate simple or bifid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces green, 

 naked ; venules fine, immersed ; sori minute, oblong, with 1-2 horns beyond. — 

 Moore, Gard. Uhron. 1855, p. 4G9. cum icone, 



Hab. Java. — A smaller less coriaceous plant than eler/ans, with deeper final lobes. 



40"''. D. jmllida, Mett. ; rhizome as thick as a finger, wide-creeping ; scales lan- 

 ceolate, dark-brown ; st. 1-1^ ft. 1., naked, stramineous ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., subdeltoid, 

 4-pinnatifid ; pinnce deltoid, lowest largest, G-8 in. br., produced on lower side ; 

 pinnl. and tertiary segm. deltoid, stalked, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base ; 

 nit. lobes obovate-cuneate, blunt, 1-1 ^ lin. br., bearing the sorus on the upper 

 side at the base ; texture firm-membranons ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; veinlets 

 erecto-patent, immersed ; inv. marginal, funnel-shaped, \ lin. br. and deep. — 

 Kuhn, Linn. 3G. />. 142. D. JMooreana, Masters, Gard. Cfiron. 18G9, />. t)G4. cum 

 ico7ie. 



Hab. Aneiteuni, Mac[/iUivray, 93. — Habit of D. immersa, with a very different in- 

 volucre, and fronds not dying down in winter. The Javan D. Korlhahii, Mett. 1. c, of 

 which the fruit is unknown, is like this, but has rhomboid-obloDg blunt pinnules and 

 tertiary segments. 



44*. D. speciosa, Mett. ; rhizome wide-creeping, 2 lin. thick ; scales ferru- 

 ginous, dense, linear-subulate ; st. 3-5 in. 1., naked, brown-stramineous ; fr. 

 deltoid, 4-pinnatifid, 1-1|^ ft. 1. ; rachis winged in upper half; pinnce lanceolate- 

 deltoid, long-stalked, lowest largest, 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. and segm. deltoid, with 

 rachises winged to base, cuneate-truncate on lower side ; final lobes lanceolate- 

 falcate, under 1 lin. br., with sorus on upper side at base ; texture subcoriaceous; 

 surfaces naked ; ini'. cup-shaped, broader than deep, J li"- br., oblifjue close to 

 final sinuses. — Kuhn, Linn. 86. j9. 145. 



Hab. Moulmein, Parish, 32. 



47*. D. Lorrainii, Hance ; rhizome thick as a quill ; scales linear-subulate 

 nearly black, densely grey-ciliated ; st. 3-4 in. 1., naked, brownish ; /)•. ^-1 ft.l., 

 deltoid, 4-pinnatifid ; pinnce stalked, deltoid, lowest largest, produced on lower 

 side, their rachises winged to base ; pinnl. and segm. subsessile, crowded, deltoid, 

 much reduced on lower side ; final lobes ligulate, j-J lin. br., with sorus at base 

 of inner side ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked ; barren lobes 1-veined ; inv, 

 subcylindrical, \ lin. 1. — Ann. jSc. Nat. ser. 5. vol. 5. p. 254. 



Hab. ilalay Peninsula, Sir W. N'oms. 



49*. D. 3Iacleai/i, Baker ; rhizome woody, glaucous, as thick as a quill ; scales 

 anccolate, acuminate, dark ferruginous ; st. \\-2 in. 1., grey, naked ; //•. deltoid, 

 4-5 in. 1,, 4-5-pinnate ; lowest ^J2«;«e largest, deltoid, rather produced on the 



