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Madras Presidency, on the western moun- 
tains ; Ceylon, Central Provinces 3,000—5,000 
feet; Himalayas, Nepal and Bhotan, 2,000- 
9,000 feet ; Khasya ; Moulmein. 
Genus VIII.—Davatiia So. 
(Deriv. after Davall, a. Swiss Botanist.) 
Indusium leathery, attached at sides and 
base, half cup-shaped. Rhizome creeping, 
stipe articulated with the rhizome. 
(a) Sori half cup-shaped with usually a 
horn on the outside. . 
1. D. bullata. 
(5) Sori half-cylindrical with no horn. 
2. D. fijtensis. 
1. Davallia bullata Wall. 
Rhizome creeping, covered with hair-pointed 
scales. Frond triangular, 8-12 inches long, 4-8 
inches broad, four-pinnatifid with deeply incised 
segments. Texture leathery. Sori half cup- 
shaped, marginal and with usually a horn on 
the outside. [Fig. 13.] 
Distribution : Bombay Presidency—Western 
Ghats. 
