Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



DAVALLIA SOLIDA. 



swartz. schkuhr. hooker. j. smith. 

 Willdenow. Blume. Kunze. Moore. Sprengel. 

 Hedwig. Fee. Moore and Hotjlston. 

 {Not of Hooker and Arnott.) 



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Davallia procera, 

 " caudal a, 



" sordida, 



" elegans, 



Trichomanes solidum, 



Stenolobus solidus^ 



" Kunzeaaus, 



Humata solida, 



Hedwig. 

 Wallich. 

 Of Gabdens. 

 Kunze. 



FOESTEE. 



Peesl. 

 Peesl. 

 Desvaux. 



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



Solida — Solid. 



A pretty species, making a nice exhibition plant. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the East Indies, Malay, and the Polynesian Islands, 

 Otaheite, Pitcairn's Island, Maiden Island, Singapore, and Java. 



Introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, by Mr. H. Lowe, 

 in 1844. 



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