LVI. 



Davallia (Odontoloma) La petbousii, Hook. 



Caudice brevi repente, stipitibus brevibus bipollicaribus 

 aggregatis, frondibus 6 uncias ad sesquipedalem berbaceis 

 lanceolatis pinnatis basi angustatis, pinnis numerosis polli- 

 caribus horizontalibus semiovatis falcatis, parte inferiore 

 Integra, superiore profunde pinnatifida, laciniis 6-8 anguste 

 cuneatis apice truncatis subsinuatis rarissime bi-trifidis, 

 venis simplicibus v. furcatis, soris infra apicem sitis, invo- 

 lucris reniformi-oblongis transversls membranaceis subin- 

 tegris, rachi stricta straminea nitida. 



Hab. Island of Vaniholla or Pitt's Island, S. Pacific Ocean, 

 tbe site of the disastrous shipwreck of La Peyrouse in 

 1788, Mr. Charles Moore. Naviti Levu, Fiji Islands, 

 damp places on mountains, Milne, in Capt. Denham's Voy- 

 age of the Herald. 



This Davallia, though quite distinct from, is nevertheless 

 nearly allied to, the very elegant Davallia Blumeana, Hook. 

 (Sp. Fil. p. 177, t. 54. A) from Java. That species is bipin- 

 nate ; this simply pinnate. Our first specimens received were 

 from Mr. Moore, gathered in the island which was the scene 

 of the shipwreck of the unfortunate La Peyrouse, from which 

 circumstance I have derived the specific name. 



Tab. LVI. Davallia La Peyrousii ; nat. size. — Fig. 1. 

 Sterile segments ; magnified, and f. 3 & 4, fertile segments ; 

 more magnified. 



C'ENI. 2. T. 56. 



