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lobes which are 1 — 2£ li. 1. \ — 1^ li. br. the lowest on the superior side largest ; veins forked ; sori 

 copious, minute, borne chief! y on the lowest crenature on the outerside of the final lobes, or on both sides 

 of the larger inferior ones ; involucres cup-shaped or 6ub-bilabiale. — Hook. Sp. Fil. Vol. 1. t. 27. A. 



.Common on open banks and waysides, and under light shade, from the lowlands up to 4,000 or 

 5,000 ft. alt., extending all through the country. The vestiture is chiefay confined to the vascular parts. 

 The texture though ihin is firm, and feels harsh to the hand. In shade it leaches 10 — 12 fett high. 



4. D. anthriscifolia, Kaulf. 



Rootstock, strong, creeping ; stipites scattered, 1^— 1\ ft. 1. channelled, wood — or struw-coloured, 

 naked, fronds 'I — 3 ft. 1. \\ — 2 ft. w. thin, dull green, naked, except the ribs which are slightly ciliate, 

 quadrjpiunatifid ; pinnae nearly opposite, or quite so above, 1 — \\ ft. 1. 4 — G in. w. nearly sessile, the 

 lower pairs apart; piunulae approximate, sesbile, acuminate 2 — '6\ in. 1. \ in. w. , tertiary segments \ 

 — A jn. 1 2 — 3 li. w., the rounded apex toothed, below this cut on both sides into 3 — 5 short dentate 

 obiong lobes which are 1 — 3 li. 1. \ — \\ li. w. , veins forked; sori small, in the crenatures, or terminal 

 on. the final lobes; invo!ucies bilabiate, at length eystiforin. Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. I. t. 27 B. 



Common in open places on the banks of streams, near the Government Cinchona Plantations, at 

 5,000 ft. alt. In geneial aspect near the last species, but less robust, with terminal sori, transversely 

 flat, compressed, invclucies prior to their opei ing out, and flattened (appearing as if margined) costules. 



5. D. aatillense, Jenm. 



Kootbtoek cieeping : stipites 2—2^ ft 1. blight blown, naked, channeled ; fronds 3 — 4$ ft. 1. naked, 

 thin, pell mid-, brig] t glossy daikgTeen, quadiipinnate and again pinnatifid ; pinnae opposite or nearly so, 

 fessile, 1 — 1^ It. i. (i — 8 in. w., pinnulae sessile, 1^ — 3^ in. 1. f — \\ in. w. lobed to the acuminate 

 point ; tertiary divisions tl e same shape but proportionately reduced, fully pinnate ; quaternary cut into 

 lobes £ — -J- li. w. which when barren are sharply pointed, and the larger emarginate ; veins simple in the 

 fini.l lobes; sori terminal on most or all lobes ; involucres bivalved, compressed, wider than the lobe. 



Sic pes of Blue ^'cintain Peak 7,000 ft. alt. discovered a few years ago by Mr. Morris, and 

 gathered a year later by Mr. Sherring. It has the general outline and colour of cicutaria, but is much 

 more finely cut than any form of that, and differs entirely by the terminal sori, and compressed involu- 

 cres which are wider than the lobes. The cutting is as fine, as in Davallia fumarioidcz &nd Gyninogramme 

 schizophi/lla. In the character of the involucre?, this aud anthriscifolia do not differ from some condi- 

 tions of Davallia, and might as appropriately be placed in that genus. 



6. 1). eoniifolia, Hook. 



Rootstock stout, a few in. 1. oblique, densely clothe! with ferruginous wool-like scales; stipites 

 tufted, 1 — 1J ft. 1. laxly spinescent in parallel rows down the sides, as is also the rachis, castaueous. the 

 base clothed like the rootstock ; fronds subcoriaceous, light clear green, naked except on the rachis, &c, 

 deltoid oi- orate-deltoid, 1 — 2 ft. 1. f — 1^ ft. w. quadiipinnate, the several divisions proportionately ie- 

 duced but much the same shape as the frond ; lowest pair of pinnae, pinnulae, &c. the largest , final seg- 

 ments ovate, 2 — 6 li. 1. 1^ — 4 li. w. lobed or pinnatifid at the base, above this dentate> the teeth acute 

 and about \ li. w. ; veins forked ; sori large, on one or both sides of the final lobes ; involucres coriaceous, 

 the outer valve hooded over the inner, 1 li. w. \ li. d. — Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. 1, t. 24 A. 



Very common, often forming large patches, in places in forests of the higher slopes and peaks 

 between 6,000—7,000 ft. alt. An interesting ai:d beautiful plant, very near D. Culcita, L'Herit. of 

 Madeira and Azores. The stipites are permanently adherent to the rootstock, and hence the dead fronds 

 Temain attached till, in the course of time, they decay away. The lowest pair of pinnae are barren. 



7. D. Plumieri, Hook. 



Rootstock stout, oblique ; stipites tufted, strong, channeled, dark brown, 2 — 4 ft. 1. the base slightly 

 scaly ; fronds 2| — 4 ft. 1. nearly as wide, light green, paler beneath, sub- coriaceous, naked, tripinnate ; 

 pinnae alternate, sub-distant, 1 — 2 ft. 1. \ — \\ ft. w. serrate acuminate, petioled, lowest pair largest ; pin- 

 nulae sub-distant, alternate, the upper ones adherent and decurrent, the lower petiolate serrate- acuminate, 

 deeply pinnatifid or fully pinnate at the base, 4 — 8 in. 1. 1 — 3 in. w. ; tertiary segments variable, some 

 rounded, others acute or acuminate, the larger 1 — 2 in. 1. | — \ in. w. serrulate or 1 obate- serrulate ; veins 

 simple or forked; sori copious around the margins, close ; involucral valves sub-equal, the lips shallow. 

 Plum. Fil. t. 7. Davallia adiantoides, Swarlz. 



Common in moist forests from 2,000 — 4,000 ft. alt. A very robust plant, marked by the 6tout 

 suberect rootstock. frequently a foot long and several inches thick, and the unequal final segments, some 

 of which are rounded and others longer and pointed on the same pinnules. When open the involucres 

 are pocket-shaped It has an equal claim to be placed in Davallia, in which case ISwartz's name should 

 be used. 



8. D. adiantoides, H. B K. 



Rootstock stout, 1^ — 2 ft. 1. naked ; stipites naked or slightly ciliate, channeled, 1^ — 3 ft. 1. ; 

 fronds 3 — 4 ft. 1. nearly as w , tnpuinatifid, bright green, paler beneath, ehartaeeous, naked ; pinna* 

 opposite or nearly so. f — 1^ ft. 1. 5 — 9 in. w. the lower ones shortly petiolate; pinnulae spreading, apart, 

 sessile or the lower shortly stipitate, upper ones adnate decurrent, basal pair greatly reduced, serrulate — 

 acuminate at the apex 4 — 6 in 1. 1 — 2 in. w. cut more or less deeply into close, crenate, broadly rounded 

 lobes which are 3— 4 li. w. and less or more deep ; veins simple or forked ; tori contiguous, serial around 

 the lobes; involucres wider than deep, at first two-lipped, finally open and more or less cup-shaped. — 

 Hk. S|». Fil. Vol., I. tab. 26. fig. B. and D. Pavoni, Hook, fig. A. D. obtmifolia, Willd. Davallia 

 ■arbor weens, Willd. Plrm. Fil. tab. 6. 



Inf requent in gullies near the highest peaks at 7,000 ft. alt., gathered near Blue Mountain peak, dis- 

 tinguished from the last by the pinnae and pinnulae being parallel sided, the dwarfing of the lowest pair 

 of the latter, and the final lobes being equal and uniform. The largest states are tri-pinnate. Plumier's 

 figure I think undoubtedly reprcsenis this species, but it does not show the pair of dwarfed pinnules at 

 the base of the pinnae. Willdenow's names quoted above are the oldest. It is a discovery of recent 

 jears (1880-86) in Jamaica. 



