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Ka Hana Kapa. 



Davallia (Stenoloma Fee) tenuifolia Swart/^. Hook. Spec. Fil., p. i86. — 

 Rhizome stout, creeping, denseh* fibrillose; stipes strong, erect, polished, naked, 

 dark brown, 6-12 in. long; fronds 12-1SX6-9 in., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnse 

 ovate-lanceolate, 4-6X2-3 in.; pinnules lanceolate, their segments cut down to the 



FIG. 95. DAVAI.I.IA TENUIFOI.IA. PAI,AA. 



rachis below with toothed, cuneate lobes, i-ij/ lines across at the apex; texture 

 subcoriaceous, both surfaces naked, the upper shining; sori terminal, iisually solitary-, 

 often rather broader than deep. The commonest of Hawaiian ferns. Native name 

 Palaa. The leaves furnished the red dye. (Fig. 95.) 



