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X V I I -VOL. 8.
Portion of pinna of fertile F rond-unde r side.
DAVALLIA LINDLEYI.
H o o k e r . ,I. S m it h . F e e .
P L A T E X V I I . V O L . V T I I .
D a v a llia attenuata, O f G a r d e n s , {iiot o f S c h o t t . )
D a va llia—In lionour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist.
Tjindleiji—S n m e i after Professor John Lindley, a well-known Botanist of
the present day.
A. FINE species, as y e t ra re in cultivation.
A ev e rg re en greenhouse F e rn .
N a tiv e of N ew Zealand.
F ro n d s coriaceous, glabrous, b i-trip in n a te , deltoideo-ovate.
F innie pinnatifid. Ultimate pin n a an d segments lanceolate,
pinnatifid.
Sterile segments broad.
Sori somewhat h a lf cup-shaped.
Stipes verji long.
llh izom a caudiciform, creeping, short, th ick , and densely
clothed w ith scales.
L en g th of frond th re e iect. Colour rich green.
