TAB. XLYIII. 
DaVALLTA (CUNEATiE) RHOMBOIDEA, Hook. ( not Wall.) 
Candice gracili elongate repente atro nitidissimo fraglli, stl- 
pitibus sparsis 3-4 uncias longis stramineis nitidis basi ebe- 
neis, frondibus 6-8 uncias longis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
minatis tenui-membranaceis pallide viridibus pinnatis, pin- 
nis patentibus inferioribus remoris subunciam longis rbom- 
beo-subtriangularibus longe petiolatis profunde pinnatifidis 
subpinnatisque lobis pinnulisve oblique obovatls inequaliter 
lobatis, sterilibus serrulatis, venis subflabellatim dicbotomis 
apice soriferis, involucris orbiculari-cuneatis membranaceis 
apice erosa solummodo libera lobulis frondium marginis 
conformibuSj racbibus gracilibus subflexuosis, pinnis su- 
premis sublanceolatis. 
Hab. Hakodadi, Japan, Wilford, n. 1037. 
A very elegant and peculiar species of Davallia^ which I 
am disposed to refer to the section Cuneatce ; it is quite dif- 
ferent from any described one, and only known to us through 
our collector, Mr. Wilford. 
Fertile plant ; nat. size. Fig. 1. Portion of a pinna with 
sori ; magnified, f 2. Sori more magnified, one representing 
the involucre removed : more magnified. 
CEIfT. 2. T. 48. 
