72 DAVALLIA ELEGANS. 



This Fern is remarkable for the elegant divisions of its fronds, 

 and for the dark coloured lines on its segments, giving a 

 striated appearance. 



Fronds tall, subcoriaceous, ovate-acuminate in form, tri-quad- 

 ripinnate, pinnules lanceolate, pinnatifld, acuminate and striated. 

 Ultimate pinnules lobato-crenate. 



Caudex stout, creeping, scaly, and woolly. 



Veins branched. 



Length of frond twenty-four inches. Colour bright shining 

 green. 



Involucres half cup-shaped, sunk within the lobe, compressed, 

 truncate at the mouth. 



My thanks are due to Mr. David Moore, of the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Gardens, Dublin, for a frond of this Fern. 



It may be procured of Mr. R. Sim, of Foot's Cray, Kent. 



The illustration is from Mr. D. Moore's frond. 



