iN.
D A V A L L I A I M . ' E R S A . A P E X OF F ROND.
X V -V O L , 8,
Portion of pinna of fertile Fronit-uiipc r side.
DAVALLIA IMMEIISA.
W a l l ic h . H o o k e r .
P L A T E X V . V O L . V I IT .
Leucostegia immersa,
Acrophorus immersus,
LLumata immersa,
Cystopteris d im id ia ta ,
P e e s l . J . S m i t h . H o o k e e .
M o o e e a n d H o u l s t o n .
M o o r e .
M e t t e n iu s .
H e c a i s n e .
D a v a llia—h i honour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist.
Immersa—Immersed, because the spore-eases are sunk within the frond.
I n t h e S e o t io n L e u c o s t e g ia o f A u t h o r s .
A V E R Y b eautiful delicate-looldng peculiar pale green slender
F e rn .
A deciduous stove species.
N a tiv e of tlie E a s t In d ie s and N o rth e rn In d ia , N e p a l, Assam,
hlussoorie , Ivhas3'a , K a shm ir, Sikkim, hloulmein, and Java.
Im p o rted into E n g la n d in 1849, b y Messrs. Rollisson, of
Tooting.
T h e fronds glabrous, deltoid, b i-trip in n a te , th e pinme alternate,
triang u la rly -e lo n g a te , pinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate; apices caudate.
P in n u le s a lte rn a te , profoundly pinnatifid, oblong in shape, and
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