DA VALLIA. 



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Although of a somewhat rigid habit when left to grow of its own accord, 

 this species may, on accomit of the flexibility of its rhizomes, be used as a 

 basket Fern. 



f/g. 3d, Davallia repens 



(I nab. size). 



D. (Odontoloma) repens — Od-on-tol-o^-ma ; re'-pens (creeping), Desvaux. 



A stove species, very variable in size, native of Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, 

 the Mauritius and Polynesian Islands, and better known in gardens under the 



