Portion of pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



D1CKS0NIA DAVALLIOIDES. 



R. Brown. Hooker. Link. 



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Sitolobium davallioides, J. Smith. Moore and Houlston. 



Dennstcedtia " Moore. 



Dicksonia — Named after James Dickson, a British botanist. 

 Davallioides — Davallia-like. 



In the Section Sitolobium of Authors. 



A delicate-looking species, easily cultivated, having erect 

 fronds from twelve to fifteen inches wide, on lengthy dark 

 stalks. 



An evergreen warm greenhouse Fern. 



Native of New Holland, found at Port Jackson. 



Raised from spores in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1833. 



Fronds very membranaceous, flaccid, deltoid, tripinnate, and 

 slightly pubescent; pinnse lanceolate, pinnules oblong, profoundly 

 pinnatifid, and having small oblong dentate segments. 



Veins pinnate; venules direct and free. 



Rhizoma creeping, or scandent, slender and elongated. 

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