Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



DAVALLIA PYXID AT A . 



fl. Brown. Hooker. J. Smith. Cavanilles. 



swartz. wllldenow. paxton. kunze. sleber. llnk. 



Kaulfuss. Sprengel. Fee. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XXI. VOL. VIII. 



Davallia arborea, 

 " solida, 



Humata pyxidata, 



Continental Gardens. 

 Hooker and Arnott. (Not 



of Swartz.) 

 Desvaux. 



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

 Pyxidata — Box-like. 



Another old favourite of our gardens, easily grown, and 

 well worthy of cultivation. 



A deciduous warm greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland, Australia, Norfolk Island, and Sidney. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1808, having 

 been received from Mr. Caley. 



This shrubby-habited Fern has glabrous fronds, deltoid, tri- 

 pinnate, the pinnules oblong, pinnatifid, segments oblong-obtuse 

 and dentate, base decurrent. 



Fronds lateral. 



