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TEIBE I. (§ 18) DAVALLIE^. 
MiCROLEPiA, Presl. Tent. Pterid., 124. 
(Saccoloma, Kmdfuss ; Scyphofilix, Thenars; Neuropteris, Desvmix ; Selenidium, Kunzt ; Tapeinidium, Presl; Davallise, Sp- 
Audorv.m.) 
Sori indusiate, rotundate or transversely oblong, intra-marginal or sub-marginal ; the receptacles terminal or axillary on the veins 
or venules. Indusium semi-orbicular, attached by the base and sides, thus half-cup-shaped ; the anterior margin free, trancate or rounded. 
Veins simple forked or pinnate from a central costa ; venules direct free. 
Fronds herbaceous or sub-coriaceous, pinnate, bi-pinnate or decompound, the margin sometimes attenuated, sub-membranaceous 
and indistinctly crenated, simulating accessoiy indusia. Rhizome creeping or tufted — a genus of large growing herbaceous ferns distin- 
guished from Davallia by the short half-cup-shaped fructifications and intra-marginal sori. {Moore.) 
1. Microlepia p>lati]phylla, (Moore) — Caudex creeping thick, fronds ample tall tripinnate (primary and secondary pinnules much 
petiolated), every where glabrous coriaceo-membranaceous, pinnae large spreading ovato-lanceolate much and narrow-acuminated deeply 
pinnatifid, often pinnated at the base, segments patent lanceolate (often very broad) acuminated lobato-dentate rachis and costa flexuose, 
veins pinnated, sori solitary generally in the axils of the teeth near the margin, involucres small half-cup-shaped. {Hooker Sp. Fil. i, 173) ; 
(Davallia lonchitidea, Wallich Cat. n. 240) ; (Davallia platyphylla, Don. Prod. Nep., p. 10). 
Up ravines on (he Coonoor Ghat,— Anamalla)js, — Pulnies, — hut not common. 
PLATE No. XIII. 
2. Microlepia 2nnnata, (J. Sm.) — Caudex creeping scaly, fronds lanceolate pinnate glabrous, pinnae remote shortly petiolate sub- 
coriaceous opaque linear-lanceolate gradually acuminate, obliquely cuneate at the base, the upper one sessile and decurrent, sori a little 
distant from each other, but forming a continued series one at the base of each tooth or serrature, veins sunk obsolete (inconspicuous), 
generally forked, the upper veinlet bearing the sorus, involucres small half-cup-shaped, stipes and subtrigonal rachis glossy. {Hook. Sp. 
Fil. i, 174 ; (Davallia pinnata, Sto. Syn. Fil,,}), 131) ; (Davallia flagellifera, Wall. Cat. n. 243) ; (Saccoloma pinnatum, Pr.) 
Anamcdl ay Hil Is — ?■« re. 
PLATE No. XIV. 
3. Microlepia polypodia ides, (Presl.) — Caudex creeping, frond large ovate or deltoid acuminate, tripinnate flaccid more or less hairy 
or downy, especially on the veins and costae beneath, primary pinnae and lower secondary ones distant and acuminate, pinnules oblong or 
rhombeo-lanceolate, obtuse deeply pinnatifid, the lobes ovate or obovate, entire or irregularly inciso-lobate or again pinnatifid, suboblique 
very obtuse, sori rather large (when perfect), usually solitary on the entire lobes, several on the pinnatifid ones and in the sinuses within 
the margin, sometimes on a small tooth, more numerous on the superior margin, involucres small half-cup-shaped glabrous or hispid, rachis 
downy or hispid on the underside. {Hooker Sp. Fil. i, 181); Dicksonia polypodioides, Sw. Syn. Fil., p. 137); Davallia polypodioides, 
{Don. Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 10) ; (Davallia flaccida, Br.) ; (Davallia virens, Wall. Cat., 264) ; (Davallia Roxburghii, Wall. Cat. n. 2218) ; (Dav. 
puberula, Wall. Cat., 262—5); (Davallia pyramidata, Wall. Cat., 261) ; Dav. pilosula, Wall. Cat, 263); (Dav. rhomboidea, Wall. Cat., 257.) 
A very variable species. 
Nilgiris, common— Davie Shola, and in ravines on Dodabett— Coonoor, ravines on the Ghat— Anamallays— Pulnies— Travancore Hills, dc. 
PLATE No. XV. Fig. A is a frond of a very Juvenile state. 
Davallia, Smith Mem. Acad. Turin, V, 414. 
(Wibelia, Bernhardi ; Stenolobus, Presl; Odontosoria, Pm^., Fee.; Colposoria, Presl. in part; Parestia, Presl; Scyphularia, 
Fee; Stenoloma, Fee.) 
Sori indusiate, roundish oblong or elongate-oblong, marginal or submarginal ; the receptacles terminal. Indusium membranaceous, 
cup-shaped or tubulose, affixed at the sides and base, thus forming a vertical oblong semi-cylindrical tubulose cyst or cup, which is truncate 
and open at top, i, e., towards the margin. Veiiis forked or pinnate from a costa ; venules free. 
Fronds herbaceous or coriaceous, pinnate or piunately decompound— Rhizome creeping, {Moore.} 
