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Sitolohmm davallioides, J. S m i t h . M o o h e a n d H o u l s t o n .
M o o e e .
Dicfo onia—Named after James Dicksou, a British hotani.st.
Davallioide s—Davallia-like.
I n t h e S e c t io n S i t o l o b iu m o f A u t h o r s .
A D E L IO A T E -L O O K IX G specles, easily cultiv a ted , hav in g erect
fronds from twelve to fifteen inches wide, on le n g th y d a rk
stalks.
A n evergreen Avarm greenhouse F e rn .
Na tiv e of New H o llan d , found at P o r t Ja ckson.
Ra ised from spores in th e Roya l Gardens, Keiv, in 1838.
F ro n d s v e ry membranaceous, flaccid, deltoid, trip in n a te , and
sli°-htly p u b e sc en t; pinna; lanceolate, pinnules oblong, profoundly
p innatifid, and having small oblong den ta te segments.
Veins p in n a te ; venules d ire c t and free.
E hizoma creeping, or sc andent, slender an d elongated.
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