TAB. XLVIII. 



DAVALLIA (CuNEATiE) RHOMBOIDEA, Hook, (not Wall.) 



Caudice gracili elongato repente atro nitidissimo fragili, sti- 

 pitibus sparsis 3-4 uncias longis stramineis nitidis basi ebe- 

 neis, frondibus 6-8 uncias longis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 

 minatis tenui-membranaceis pallide viridibus pinnatis, pin- 

 nis patentibus inferioribus remoris subunciam longis rhom- 

 beo-subtriangularibus longe petiolatis profunde pinnatifidis 

 subpinnatisque lobis pinnulisve oblique obovatis inequaliter 

 lobatis, sterilibus serrulatis, venis subflabellatim dichotomis 

 apice soriferis, involucris orbiculari-cuneatis membranaceis 

 apice erosa solummodo libera lobulis frondium marginis 

 conformibus, rachibus gracilibus subflexuosis, pinnis su- 

 premis sublanceolatis. 



Hab. Hakodadi, Japan, Wilford, n. 1037. 



A very elegant and peculiar species of Davallia, which I 

 am disposed to refer to the section Cuneatce ; it is quite dif- 

 ferent from any described one, and only known to us through 

 our collector, Mr. Wilford. 



Fertile plant ; nat. size. Fig. 1 . Portion of a pinna with 

 sori ; magnified, f. 2. Sori more magnified, one representing 

 the involucre removed : more magnified. 



C'EIfT. 2. T. 48. 



