DAN^A. 



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the racMs (stalk of the leafy portion), are narrowly winged and densely 

 clothed with oblong scales in front. These fronds are furnished with about 

 fifteen pairs of leaflets, all of which, except the uppermost, are short-stalked, 

 oblong, sometimes sickle- shaped, and unequal at the base. The fertile fronds 

 are taller, and are furnished with fewer narrow -strap -shaped leaflets, the upper 

 surface of which is densely clothed with minute scales. — Reichenhach, Botanische 

 Zeitimg, 1872, p. 490. 



Some seven or eight other species are described by Mr. Baker ; but they 

 are known only from dried specimens in herbaria. The six above described 

 are the only Danseas with which we are acquainted, and living specimens of 

 which we have at different times had the opportunity of appreciating. 



DAREA— Da -re a. See Asplenium. 



