TAB. LIV. 
Davallia ( § Dareoide.®) FCENICULACEA, Hook. 
Frondibus sesquipedalibus (et ultra?) subcoriaceo-berbaceis 
latd ovatis acuminatis 4-pinnatis, divisionibus prlmariis cir- 
cumscriptione ovato-lanceolatis tenui-acuminatis 6-8 polli- 
caribus, secundariis tertiariisquelanceolatis segmentis angus- 
tissime linearibus ultimis vix lineam longis subclavatis, soria 
copiosis, involucris solitariis suburceolatis ad marginem 
interioreru infra apicern oblique sitis. 
Hab. NavitiLevu of the Fiji Islands, in woods on mountains, 
Milne , in the Voy. of the Herald, under Capt. Denham, B .N. 
The most finely and deeply cut of all the genus Davallia. 
The resemblance to fennel leaves is indeed weakened by the 
very copious sori, which are situated on the 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 
foeniculacea ; natural size. f. 2. Ultimate segments, one fertile, 
— magnified ; f. 3. Fertile segment, more magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 54. 
