56 DAVALLIA TENUIFOLIA. 



Native of the East Indies, the Malay Archipelago, Java, 

 Assam, Nepal, Ceylon, Madras, Mauritius, China, Sandwich 

 Isles, Madagascar, and Luzon. 



Fronds erect, ovate-lanceolate in shape, usually spreading, 

 elongate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, and bi-tripinnatifid; segments 

 approximate, forked, linear-cuneate, and truncate; apex slightly 

 erose. 



Rhizoma short and creeping, woolly and caudiciform. 



Stipes lengthy. 



Sori solitary, or in pairs. 



Length of frond from eighteen to twenty-four inches; width 

 from four to six inches. Colour a grassy green. 



For a plant my thanks are due to M. Schott, Director of 

 the Imperial Gardens, Schonbriinn, Vienna; and for fronds to 

 Sir W. J. Hooker, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew; Mr. 

 D. Moore, of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens; to Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson, of Wentworth; and to Mr. G. Norman, of Hull. 



It may be procured of all the principal Nurserymen. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



