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DAVAIJ.TA POLYAMTHA. 



tri-angularly elongate-acuminate, sub-opposite or opposite, and 

 profoundly pinnatifid; segments small, oblong-linear; apex 

 blunt, base decurrent, margin crenate. Fertile frond contracted. 

 Widest pinnse twelve inches in length. 



Fronds lateral. 



Rhizoma thick, creeping, and covered with soft reddish brown 

 scales. 



Veins forked. 



Sori intramarginal, vertically oblong, and being swollen above 

 the surface of the frond, give the plant a pleasing appearance. 



Length of frond from thirty-five to seventy inches; colour 

 when young purplish red, then greenish red, and lastly a rich 

 shining deep green. On a plant with many fronds the diversity 

 of colour is very striking. 



Stipes and rachis smooth, twenty-four inches in length, bright 

 red, except two very narrow green lateral lines on each side 

 of the stem. 



I am indebted to Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, for a plant 

 of this very beautiful Fern. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting; Veitch, 

 of Chelsea; E. G. Henderson, of St. John's Wood; Sim, of 

 Foot's Cray; and Cooling, of Derby. 



The illustration is from a plant in my own collection. 



Finna of barren Frond. 



