below ; to to re subcoriaceous, b u t th in ; sori in long continuous rows alon.
edges; ««w/ th in , twice as broad as deep.—f t / . elegans, A W / ., J . ^ Skp'-. 1. pp.. m1?].. oSaaccccoo.
Hab. Tropical America, from Guatemala and W. Indies southward to Rio Janeiro.
52. B (Micro Cav .; »Wome creeping, fibrillose; ««strong, erect,
« ; 1 1 ’3 - é distant linear slightly toothed pin næ
■ows along the
loma
coriaceous; sori one to each toéth, small, sub-
B h,m£ i ~ Blume.—¡3, D. gracilis,
f o to n T ® '' cLt down nearly to the rachis into narrow, linear; oblonj
lobes.—D. Luzonica, H k . Sp. 1. p . 174. t. GO./. 2. 3. and 6.
a re ^ Îr 'v ^ îî;^ “! Peninsula, Java and Polynesian Islands.—This and the two preceding
habira£d I o n r n a r rC ; i ’n n T " «*e rest by their simply pinnatf
Tiof-oJ^n ®**Ber ; rhizome cre ep in g ; s« 4 -6 in. 1 slender
deltoid in. br. ; lanceolate, tripinnatifid ; lower“ ¿
orate idiou btedoY *® broadly
texlure herbaceous; rachis and both
tHí/kc. ¿nd LOeenntl. ft. J4i8. Zn oft Wal7h7 e®h./ Microlepia Wilfordii, Mt eoeorthe..-D . rhomboidea,
w i ? S ’sseeeSn,‘ ‘Lar;elf rvve®ryd 'd®im‘^-i’n’“utui ve compared Wwiiltfho radll athned sOpelcdihesa mth.a-tT fboilslo awn.d the next, it
Hab. Japan and Tsus Sima ; gathered by Messrs. Wilford and Oldham.
hates' creeping, covered with soft brown
nairs , Sf. 3-4 in. i.j firm, erect, pubescent ; / r . 12-18 in. 1 fi- 0 in bv ovato
3% i n T ^ f t l n spreading, lanceolate, tlm centràl éées th ¡
F i l l ; T sT f " « ) a " Z ’"®T ,®.®“ ‘®® ®P *Be teeth near the b a s e , - / / / . Sp.
1 . p . 134. t. 60. A. Leucostegia hirsuta, J . Smith. ^
Hab. Philippine Islands.
18. DAVALLIA,
ereft; “ 'L ’ / “ f creeping, villose ; sf. 1-2 ft. 1.,
1 in V T ^ once pinnate : pinnoe 4-8 in 1 flbAn+
m s m m ^ æ r n ;
Hab. Ceylon, and flank of the Himalayas, Japan, China.
« ¿ • S i - S T “Z “ k IS 'l ;
and rather bluntly toothed, oblong, rhomboidal?)«»«/; texture subcoriaceous;
veins beneath prominently raised and, like the rachises, more or less hairy ; sori
2 to 12 to a pinnule, small, placed a t the base of the sinuses.—D. Khasiyana,
Hk. Sp. l . p . 173. t. 47. A. and 57. A.—/3 D, rhomboidea, Wall. ; similar to a
in texture and hairiness, but rather larger in all its parts, lower pinnl. lanceolate-
deltoid, Ig in. 1., cut down nearly to the rachis into ohlong lobes.—U. polypodioides
y and S, Hk. Sp. F il. 1. p . 182.
Hab. North of India, ascending in the Himalayas to 3-5,000 ft., Ceylon, Japan,
Malayan Peninsula and Isles, S. B. China, Sandwich and Fiji Islands.—This is very
similar to tbe last in habit, but is at least bipinnatifid.
I . (Micro.) platyphylla, Don. ;
rect ; f r , 3-4 ft. 1., tripii
68. D,^ creeping, stout, scaly ; sf.if. Í
2-3 ft. L,
firm, erect . tripinnatifid ; lower ix pinnm ;
12-15 in. 1., 6-9 in. br..
lanceolate, with distant linear lanceolate ¡ñnnl., which are cut nearly to the
rachis below into broad bluntish, toothed, oblong-deltoid lobes ; texture subcoriaceous,
both surfaces naked ; sori 2 to 12 to a segment, placed one in each
tooth a short distance from the edge, about a line across.—D. lonchitidea. Wall.
Hk. Sp. 1. p . 173. f. 46. B. Fxot. F. t. 19.
Hab. Throughout Hindostán from Ceylon to the Himalayas.
59. D. (Micro.) urophylla, Hk. ; st. strong, erect, 2-3 ft. 1. ; f r . 2-3 ft. h,
tripinnatifid ; lower pinnæ 9-12 in. ]., 6-8 in. hr., lanceolate with distant lan ceolate
lower p innl., which are cut down to the rachis below into ovate-deltoid,
acuminate, unequal-sided, broadly-toothed lobes; to f a re coriaceous, both surfaces
naked ; sori submarginal, one to each of the lower sinuses of the lobes.— f t / . Fil.
Fxot. t. 19. note,
Hab. Bootan, Griffith.
60. D. (Micro.) ThwaitesifTiakex ; rhizome creeping, tomentose ; St. 6-12 in. 1.,
erect, naked ;/r .2 - 3 ft. 1., lanceolate-deltoid, tripinnatifid ; lower?)«»«« 9-12 in. 1.,
3-4 in. br., lanceolate ; pinnl. lanceolate-acuminate, cut down nearly or quite to
the rachis into blunt slightly crenated oblong lobes ; rachis and both surfaces
slightly hairy, the upper bright-green, shining ; texture subcoriaceous ; sori
small, submarginal, 2 to 12 to a segment.—D. próxima, Thwaites Fnum. PI.
Zeyl. p . 238. non Blume.
Hab. Ceylon.—This comes nearest to urophylla, but the segments are shorter and
blunter and the sori are smaller. An authenticated specimen of Blume’s plant is
probably D. hirta.
61. D. (Micro.) inæqualis, Kunze ; rhizome creeping ; sf. stout, 2-3 ft. 1. ; f r .
2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. ; ovate-lanceolate, quadripinnatifid ; lower pinnæ 9-12
in. 1., 4-8 in. br., wdth lanceolate pinnl. 3-6 in. 1., 1-2 in. br. ; low'er segm. cut
down nearly to the rachis with oblong toothed lower lohes ; texture herbaceous,
both surfaces naked ; sori 2 to 12 to a segment, small, placed in the teeth a t a
short distance from the margin.—Hk. Sp. p . 180. excl. var. y. f. 67. B.
Hab. Tropical America from Jamaica and Guadeloupe, southward to Pern and Rio
Janeiro, Aneiteum, and Philippine Islands.—The var. nigrescens, Kunze, is a large form
which turns nearly black when dried. A plant from Burchell, No. 3549, marked by
Professor Mettenius Saccoloma Brasiliensis, Mett. {Davallia, Hook.), has tbe lower
pinnules only cut down to the raohis at the very base.
62. D. (Micro.) campyleura, Kunze ; sf. strong, erect, about 1 foot high ; f r .
2-3 ft. 1., 9-18 in. br., deltoid, quadripinnatifid; lower ?)i«»oe lanceolate, 9-12
in. 1., 4-6 in. br., the segm. of the pinnules cut down to the raohis into broadly-
toothed, oblong lohes in the lower pa rt ; texture subcoriaceous, both surfaces
naked ; sori 1 to 0 in a lobe, placed in the teeth, small,) submarginal.—D.
inæqualis, y minor, H k . Sp. Fil. l . p . 180. f. 58. A.