TAB. LXIV. 
DAVALLIA (ClXNEATiE?) TRICHOMANOIDES, Ilook. 
Caudice? stiplte subspithamseo (et ultra?) fusco-viridi terete 
fronde perelegante pedali et ultra ovata acuminata 4-pi n - 
nata seu decomposita, pinnis primariis 4-8 uncias longia 
ovato-lanceolatis, secundariis 1-2 uncias longis, laciniis om- 
nibus angustissimis lineari-spathulatis obtusis vix lineam 
longis plerisque soriferis, soris terminalibus, involucro ob- 
longo-lingulato segmentis angustiore, costa lata, raebibus 
stramineo -viridibus nitidis. 
Hab. Wooded Mountains, Naviti Levu, Fiji Islands, Alex. 
Milne in Voyage of H.M.S. Herald, Capt. Denham, R.N. 
This is assuredly the most elegant of the genus Davallia , 
so narrow in its segments that they seem to be composed 
of the midrib with a very narrow herbaceous margin. The 
apices of the fertile segments which are very copious have the 
appearance of being unequally 2-lipped : the segment itself 
being much dilated, and the involucre, an oblong or tongue- 
shaped scale, is appressed to it, quite concealing the sorus 
or cluster of capsules in its axis. 
Tab. LXIV. Represents a primary pinna of Davallia trich- 
omanoides, with fructification ; natural size. Fig. 1 . Segments, 
of which one is fertile; magnified, f. 2. Apex of a segment 
with involucre, and f 3, the same, with the involucre removed, 
showing the sorus of capsules on long pedicels : more magni- 
fied. 
Cent. 2. t. 64. 
