82 DAVALLIA SOLIDA. 



Fronds glabrous, deltoid, bi-tripinnate, pinnules oblong, acute, 

 profoundly pinnatifid, largest next the rachis on the upper side, 

 inferior pinnules cuneate at the base, superior ones confluent, 

 with the margin inciso-serrate. 



Fronds lateral. 



Rhizoma scarident, frutescent, and thickly covered with lengthy 

 narrow brown woolly scales. 



Length of frond twelve to eighteen inches; colour dark green. 



My obligations are due to Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea 

 Botanic Gardens, for a plant of this Fern, and to Mr. J. Smith, 

 of the Royal Gardens, Kew, for fronds. 



It may be procured of Messrs. Sim, of Foot's Cray; Rollisson, 

 of Tooting; Veitch, of Chelsea; and E. G. Henderson, of St. 

 John's Wood. 



The illustration is from Mr. Smith's frond. 



