54 DAVALLTA CH^EROPHYLLA. 



Khasiya, Masuri, Kamaon, Kashmir, Neilgherries, Sirmur, 

 Kunawar, Java, and Penang. . 



Fronds smooth, ovate-acuminate, flaccid, membranaceous, three 

 to four times pinnate; primary pinnse oblong-ovate and acumi- 

 nate, others ovate-obtuse; pinnules lanceolate and profoundly 

 pinnatifid. 



Sori rather large, reniform, and situated at the centre of 

 the segment, below the base of the tooth, and at the axil of 

 a pair of veinlets. 



Stipes six to eight inches in length, slightly scaly below. 



Rhizoma caudiciform, creeping, stout, and clothed with 

 compact, broad, imbricated scales. 



Length of frond from twelve to twenty-four inches; colour 

 pale green, and when young slightly pink. 



My thanks are due to Mr. D. Moore, Botanic Gardens, 

 Glasnevin, Dublin, for a frond of this Fern. 



It may be procured of Messrs. E. G. Henderson, of St. 

 John's Wood, and Sim, of Foot's Cray. 



The illustration is from a frond forwarded by Mr. D. Moore. 



