64 D A V A L L IA C H .L R O P H Y L L A .
Kliasiya , h la su ri, Kamaoii, K ashmir, Ncilg h c rrio s, S irm u r,
K u iiaw a r, Jav a , and P enang.
F ro n d s smooth, ovatc-acuniinato, flaccid, niembraiiaoeous, th re e
to four times p in n a te ; p rima ry pinnae oblong-ovate and acuminate
, others ovate-obtuse ; pinnules lanceolate and p rofoundly
pinnatifid.
Sori ra th e r larg e , reniform, and situated at the cen tre of
th e segment, below th e base of th e tooth, and at the axil of
a p a ir of veinlets.
Stipes six to e ig h t inches in len g th , slightly scaly below.
Rhizoma caudiciform, c reeping, stout, and clothed with
compact, b ro ad , imbrica ted scales.
L en g th of fro n d from twelve to twenty-four inches ; colour
pale g re en , and when y oung slighly p in k .
My th an k s are due to M r. D . Moore, Botanic Gard en s,
Glasnevin, D u b lin , for a fro n d o f this F e rn .
I t may be p ro cu re d of Messrs. F . G. H en d e rso n , of St.
Jo h n ’s W o o d , an d Sim, of F o o t’s Cray.
T h e illustration is from a fro n d forwa rd ed b y M r. D . Moore.