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D A V ALLI A — continued. 
segments, twice to four times lobed and bright green. 
The small and cup-shaped sori are terminal. The plant is 
rendered very attractive by the slender stalks land the fresh 
growths being of a pale claret hue : these issue from a 
short, underground, creeping rhizome, and make a beau- 
tiful pot specimen. This species may also he used with 
Fig. 86. Davallia affinis, a beautiful species, well adapted 
for growing on projecting parts of the rockery. 
great advantage for covering a rustic pillar, or for climbing 
over rockwork. It should be either planted or potted in 
a more sandy or gritty compost than is used for most 
Davallias. 
D. affinis. 
A handsome, finely-cut stove species, native of Ceylon, 
Java, and Polynesia, and usually found in gardens under 
