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DAVALLIA CAN AMEN SIS. 
Fronds 10 to 15 inches long, and 8 to 10 inches broad, springing from a 
stout creeping rhizome, which is covered with light brown hairs. The small 
engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of a portion of a 
frond. Native of Portugal, N. Africa, Canary Isles. A green-house fern. 
DAVALLIA ELEGANS. 
Fronds from 12 to 20 inches high, and 10 to 12 inches broad, springing 
from a stout creeping rhizome, which is covered with brown hairs, the small 
engravings, 1 and 2, represent the upper and lower surface of a portion of a 
frond. Native of China and the Malay Islands. A green-house fern. 
DAVALLIA HETEROPIIYLLA. 
Sterile fronds about 4 inches long, fertile fronds are the narrowest and are 
lobed, the fronds springing from a wiry creeping rhizome which is covered with 
stif£ brown hairs. The small engraving, 1 represents the shape of one of the 
fronds with part of the rhizome, and 2, represents a portion of the fertile frond. 
Native of the Malay Islands. A stove fern. 
DAVALLIA IMMERSA. 
Fronds 12 to 18 inches long, and 6 to 9 inches broad, the fronds spring 
from a light green creeping rhizome which is covered with light brown scales. 
The small engraving, 1, represents a portion of a frond, and 2, a smaller portion 
at a larger scale. Native of Hindoostan and Java. 
DAVALLIA MOOREANA. 
Fronds 24 to 30 inches long, and 12 to 18 inches broad, springing from 
a creeping rhizome which is clothed with narrow brown scales. The small en- 
gravings 1 and 2, represent a portion of the upper and lower surface of a frond. 
Native of Borneo. A stove fern. 
DAVALLIA PENTAPHYLLA. 
Fronds 6 to 12 inches long, springing from a strong creeping rhizome 
thickly covered with dark brown hairs. The small engravings, 1 and 2, re- 
present the upper and lower surface of a pinme. Native of Java. A stove fern. 
