Pinna of fertile Frond— under side. 



XEPHROLEPIS DAYALLIOIDES. 



J. Smith. Moore. 



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VOL. VII. 



Aspidium davaUioides, 

 Ophioglossum aciiminaium. 



SwAETz. Hooker. Sprejjgel. 



HOUTTUYX. 



NepJirolepis — Eidney-scaled. 



DavaUioides — Davallia-like. 



A MOST magnificent species, and worthy of being in every 

 collection. A good specimen is a very handsome exhibition 

 plant. An evergreen stove Fern. 



Native of the Malayan Archipelago, East Indies, and Java. 



Introduced into England in the year 1852, by Messrs. 

 Rollisson, Nurserymen, Tooting. 



Fronds glabrous and pinnate; the lower portion of pinnse 

 barren, lanceolate-acuminate in form, the edge obtusely serrate; 

 the upper portion fertile, considerably narrower, and much 

 elongated; profoundly crenato-lobate, the lobes being rounded 

 and having a single sorus at the apex. 



The barren pinnae are about five inches long and three- 

 quarters of an inch wide, whilst the fertile ones are ten inches 

 long and not half an inch wide. 



Rachis covered with small narrow scales, fluted above, 

 rounded beneath; green above, and brownish beneath, especially 

 near the base. Veins forked; venules direct and free. 



