TAB. LIV. 
DaVALLIA (§ DAEEOIBEiE) FCENICULAOEA, Hooh. 
Frondibus sesquipedalibus (et ultra?) subcoriaceo-berbaceis 
latd ovatis acuminatis 4-pinnatis, divisionibus primariis cir- 
cumscriptione ovato-lanceolatis tenui-acuminatis 6-8 polli- 
caribus, secundariis tertiarlisquelanceolatis segmentis angus- 
tissime linearibus ultimis vix lineam longis subclavatis, soris 
copiosis, involucris solitariis suburceolatis ad marginem 
interiorem infra apicem oblique sitis. 
Hab. Naviti Levu of tbe Fiji Islands, in woods on mountains, 
Milne, in tbe Voy. of tbe Herald, under Capt. Denbam,R.N. 
Tbe most finely and deeply cut of all the genus Davallia. 
The resemblance to fennel leaves is indeed weakened by tbe 
very copious sori, which are situated on tbe interior margin 
of most of the ultimate segments, and so prominent, and so 
oblique in direction, that a fertile segment not inaptly 
resembles a tobacco-pipe, with a crest or wing on one side. 
A very obscure costa passes through all the segments ; indeed 
the ramification is of that character that it may be as cor- 
rectly described 3-4-pinnatifid as pinnate. 
Tab. LIY. Fig, 1. Primary branch or division of Davallia 
fceniculacea ; natural size, f, 2. Ultimate segments, one fertile, 
^magnified; f, 3. Fertile segment, more magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 54i. 
