Finna of sterile Frond— under side. 



DAVALLIA KHASIYANA. 



Hooker. 



PLATE XXXII. VOL. VIII. 



Microlepia cristata, J. Smith. 



" Khasiyana, Fee. 



" Khasyana, Mooee. 



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

 Khasiyana — Named after the Khasiya hills, in Northern India, where 



it is found. 



In the Section Microlepia of Authors. 



A pretty, rare species. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of India, Java, Ceylon, and Luzon. 



The fronds are very tall, and lanceolate in form, bipinnate, 

 with an elongated stipes thirty inches in length; the rachis and 

 veins pubescent. Pinnae petiolate, and lanceolate-acuminate in 

 shape. Pinnules subdimidiato-ovate, obtuse, pinnatifid, and an- 

 gulato-dentate. Pinnae six to eight inches long. 



Length of frond thirty-six inches. 



Involucres small and membranaceous. 



