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Pinna of fertile Fvoncl—under side.
NEPHllOLEPIS DAVALLIOIDES.
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Asp id ium davallioides,
Ophioglossum acuminatum.
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Nephrolepis—K i d u e y - s c a l e d . Davallioides—D a v a l l i a - l i k e .
A MOST magnificent species, and worthy of being in every
collection. A good specimen is a very handsome exhibition
plant. An evergreen stove Fern .
Native of tbe Alalayan Archipelago, E a st Indies, and Java.
In tro d u c ed into E ng lan d in the year 1853, b y Alessrs.
Rollisson, Nurserymen, Tooting.
Fronds glabrous and p in n a te ; the lower portion of pinnæ
b arren, lanceolate-acuminate in form, the edge obtusely serrate;
tbe u p p e r portion fertile, considerably narrower, and much
elongated; profoundly crenato-lobate, the lobes being rounded
and having a single sorus at the apex.
The b a rren pinnæ are about five inches long and three
quarters of an inch wide, whilst tbe fertile ones are ten inches
long and not h a lf an inch wide.
Eachis covered with small narrow scales, fluted above,
rounded b eneath; green above, and brownish beneath, especially
near the base. Veins forbecl; venules direct and free.
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