Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



DAVALLIA NOV^E-ZELANDLE. 



Colenso. Hooker. Fee. 



PLATE XVI. VOL VIII. 



Microlepia Novce-Zelandice, 

 Davallia hispida. 

 Acrophorus hispidus, 



J. Smith. 



Hewaed. 



Mooke. 



Davallia — In honour of Edmund Davall, a Svriss Botanist. 

 Nova-Zelandice — New Zealand. 



In the Section Microlepia of Authors. 



An exceedingly beautiful dwarf Fern, with a close habit, 

 and producing a dense mass of compact fronds. A suitable 

 exhibition plant. 



An evergreen greenhouse Fern, preferring a damp atmosphere, 

 and a shady situation. 



Native of New Zealand. 



Fronds ovate acuminate, membranaceous, tripinnate, divisions 

 distant, ultimate pinnules profoundly pinnatifid, lanceolate, pinnae 



