and seed, which appear like yellow spots. Capsules on long 
slender pedicles, radiately spreading, horn-coloured. 
We have ascertained the present species, by comparison of 
Forster’s original specimens in Mr. Lambert’s Herbarium, 
which were collected in New Zealand ; the plant from which 
our drawing was made, was growing at the Nursery of Mr. 
Knight, in the King’s-road, where it was cultivated in the 
Greenhouse, and had been raised from seed taken out of a 
specimen brought from New Zealand: by this method nume- 
rous species of Ferns may be raised, by shaking the seeds from 
specimens received from abroad, and sowing them on pots of 
earth in a shady part of the Hothouse or Greenhouse ; when 
first sown, they should not be covered with any soil, but a little 
loose moss should be placed on the pots, till the seeds begin to 
sprout ; and as they become rooted in the earth, the moss must 
be removed ; the mould in the pots must be kept pretty moist, 
for if allowed to get very dry when the seeds are sprouting, it 
would be apt to destroy them. 
The present plant would doubtless succeed very well in a 
sheltered border, so as to be covered a little in severe frosty 
weather, as it only requires to be protected from intense frost; 
or if protected by a spare frame in Winter, there would be no 
danger of losing it: the species is nearly related to D. cana- 
riensts, but is of much looser growth, and the segments of the 
leaves are of a different form; the root is less scaly, and the 
scales of a different colour. 
The generic name was given by Sir J. E. Smith, in honour 
of Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist. 
PPLE LILI LO LOL LIS 
1. Portion of the sterile Frond. 2. Point of the fertile Frond, showing the cu- 
neate Involucre, with the Capsules protruded beyond it. 3. Capsule entire, surround- 
ed by the elastic ring. 4. The same burst open. 5. Seed, all more or less magnified. 
