Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



DAVALLIA ELEGANS. 



Swartz. Hooker. J. Smith. Willdenow. 

 Wallich. Kunze. Sprengel. Fee. Paxton 



PLATE XXII. VOL. VIII. 



Davallia. bidentata, 

 coniifolia, 

 Humata elegans, 

 Adiardum denticulatum, 



SCHKUHR. 



Wallich. 

 Desvaux. 



Houttuyn, (not of Swartz, 

 Willdenow, or Hookee.) 



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

 Elegans — Elegant. 



A magnificent Fern, deserving a place in every collection, 

 yet by no means common in cultivation in this country. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of the West Indies, Java, Malayan Archipelago, Phil- 

 ippine Islands, China, Madagascar, Otaheite, Ceylon, New 

 Holland, Penang, and Madras. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1844, by Mr. 

 D. Cameron. 



