Portion of fertile pinna— under side. 



DAVALLIA TKICHOSTICHA. 



Hooker. Kunze. Cuming. 



PLATE XXIX. VOL. VIII. 



Microlepia tricJwsticha, 

 Selenidium divergens, 



J. Smith. Pee. 

 Kunze. 



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

 Trichosticha — Hairy-spiked. 



In the Section Microlepia of Authors. 



An uncommon Fern, easily grown, and well worthy of ex- 

 tended cultivation. 



An evergreen stove species. 



Native of Java, Philippines, and Isle of Samar. 



Fronds large, sub-membranaceous, bi-tripinnate, the primary 



