LVI. 
Davallia (Odontoloma) La peybousii, Hook. 
Caudice brevi repente, stipitibua brevibus bipollicaribus 
a gg re gatis, frondibus 6 uncias ad sesquipedalem herbaceis 
lanceolatis pinnatis basi angustatis, pinnis numerosis polli- 
caribus horizontalibus semiovatis falcatis, parte inferiore 
integra, superiore profunde pinnatifida, laciniis 6-8 anguste 
cuneatis apice truncatis subsinuatis rarissime bi-trifidis, 
venis simplicibus v. furcatis, soris infra apicem sitis, invo- 
lucris reniformi-oblongia transversis membranaceis subin- 
tesris, racbi stricta straminea nitida. 
Hab. Island of Vaniholla or Pitt’s Island, S. Pacific Ocean, 
the site of the disastrous shipwreck of La Peyrouse in 
1788, Mr. Charles Moore. Naviti Levu, Fiji Islands, 
damp places on mountains, Milne , in Capt. Denham’s Voy- 
age of the Herald. 
This Davallia, though quite distinct from, is nevertheless 
nearly allied to, the very elegant Davallia Blumeana, Hook. 
(Sp. Fil. p. 177, t. 54. A) from Java. That species is bipin- 
nate; this simply pinnate. Our first specimens received were 
from Mr. Moore, gathered in the island which was the scene 
of the shipwreck of the unfortunate La Peyrouse, from which 
circumstance I have derived the specific name. 
Tab. LVI. Davallia La Peyrousii ; nat. size. — Fig. 1. 
Sterile segments ; magnified, and f. 3 & 4, fertile segments ; 
more magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 56. 
