

Fortion of pinna of fertile Frond —under side. 



DAYALLIA PENTAPHYLLA. 



Blume. Kunze. J. Smith. Hooker. Zollinger. 

 Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XVIII. VOL. VIII. 



Scyphularia pentaphylla, Fee. 



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

 Pentaphylla — Five-leaved. 



A distinct pretty dwarf Fern, very suitable for suspension 

 in a basket. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of Malayan Archipelago and Java. 



Introduced about ten years ago by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter; 

 and Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. 



Fronds glabrous, pinnate, pinna? usually five — two pairs and a 

 terminal one — occasionally three pairs and a terminal one — lan- 

 ceolate in shape, petiolate, coriaceous, base cuneate, margin 

 crenato-serrate. Length of pinnse four and a half inches, and 

 terminal one five inches; width of fertile pinnse three-eighths 

 of an inch, and of sterile pinnse three-quarters of an inch. 



Fronds lateral. 



Veins forked, immersed, and very indistinct. 



Rhizoma creeping, about the thickness of a goose quill, and 



