100 18. DAVALLTA, §§§§§§ lOXOSCAPHE. 



Hab. Malayan, Philippine, and Polynesian Islands.— J!f. papillosa of Braclsenridge is 

 a less cut robust variety. 



63. D. (Micro.) Denhami, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-8 in. ]., slender, 

 erect; fr. 12-24 in. 1., 6-12 in. br., ovate, quadripinnatifid ; pinnl. of the lower 

 pinnse lanceolate, l|-3 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down to the rachis into oblong 

 toothed segr,i., the lower ones \ in. 1., | in. br. ; texture herbaceous, both surfaces 

 naked; sori numerous, very small, slightly intramarginal ; invol. half-cupshaped. 

 Hk. 2nd Cent, t. 47. Brach. p. 236. 



Hab. Fiji, Aneiteum. — Near D. campyUura, but much more finely cut and thinner 

 in texture, and sori diflferent. 



64. D. (Micro.) Urta, Kaulf. ; st. strong, 12-24 in. 1. ; fr. 3-6 ft. 1., 12-24 in. 

 hr., deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnse 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., ovate- 

 lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis into oblong broadly-toothed 

 lobes ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and especially the under surface pubescent ; 

 wins beneath prominently raised ; sori 2 to 20 to a segment, placed one or more 

 together at the base of the teeth.— IIL Sp. 1. p. 181. M. firma and scaberula, 

 Mett. 



Hab. North of India, Ceylon, Malayan and Polynesian Islands. — This has the stature 

 and habit of D. Spehmcos combined with the coriaceous texture and prominent venation 

 of D. strigpsa, 



65. D. (Micro.) Speluncce, Baker; st. strong, 12-18 in. 1. ; fr. 8-6 ft. 1., 12-24 

 in. br., deltoid, tri- or quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnw 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., 

 ovate-lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate, cut down to the rachis below into oblong 

 deeply-toothed lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and under surface hairy ; veins 

 beneath neither prominent nor rigid ; sori 2 to 20 to a segment, placed one or 

 more together at the base of the lobes. — Polyp., L. D. polypodioides, a and /3, 

 Hh. Sp. 1. p. 181. D. jamaicensis, Hk. Sp. 1. p. 183. ^ D. trichosticha, Hk. 

 Sp. l.p. 183. D. madagasoariensis, Kvnze. 



Hab. Hindostan, ascending in the Himalayas to 1-7,000 ft., S. B. China, Ceylon, and 

 ' Polynesian Islands, southward to Norfolk Island, and Queensland, Madagascar, Bourbon, 

 West Tropical Africa, and Maoalisberg mountains, west of Natal. West Indian Islands, 

 southward to Brazil. — This is much more tender in texture than D. strigosa and hi/rta, 

 BO much so, that the pinnse are liable to shrivel up when the plant is gathered in a hot 

 country. It resembles Dicksonia rubiginosa considerably in general appearance, and has 

 a wide geographical range. 



§§§§§§ Loxoscaphe, Moore'. Invol. forming a compressed suhorbicular or cup- 

 shaped pouch at the side of the segments, which is open only at the top. All 

 decompound with linear ultimate segments. Sp. 66-69. A very natural group, 

 allied in hahit to Darea, but quite different in the fructification. 



■ ^^' ^" P"°^-\ *^^¥era, H. B. K. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., erect, naked ; fr. 6-9 

 ii' o '• 1 ?■■ i oolong-acnmmate, bipinnate ; lower pinnce erecto-patent, 

 t? A^l' n'o^-'"', r,^'*^ ^™P^^ *"■ ^°^'^«^ branches equalling the rachis in 

 breadth, Z-6 Im. 1 ^ ii„. bp. . texture stoutly herbaceous, surfaces naked ; son 

 halt-oupshaped 1 hn. br., sunk in the dilated apices of the segments. -Hk. Sp. 1. 



V IV 1 7°on"P?."'r^^.- ^^- hP- ^93- '• ^^- B- D- concinna, Schrad. Hk. 

 Sp. Fil. 1. p. 189. D. Lindeni, Hk. Sp. l.p. 193. t. 66. B. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia and Ecuador, Brazil, Cape Colony, Natal, Bourbon, 

 Abyssmia, Angola, and Fernando Po. ' r ■ ■" i <"""", 



i9^7q?" ^^'l 9'^^^°^°'; Swartz; st. tufted, C:12 in. 1., erect, naked; fr. 

 ,i/-.l8 in. i., fa-9 in. br., lanceolate-deltoid, quadripinnatifid ; pinnl. of lower 

 pinnae lanceolate-deltoid, 2-3 in. 1., 1 in. br. ; segm. cut down to the rachis with 



