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Portion of pinna of fertile Frond—under side.
DAVALLIA PENTAPHYLLA.
B l um e . K u n z e . J. S m it h . H o o k e r . Z o l l in g e r .
M o or e a n d H o u l s t o n ;
P L A T E X V I I I . V O L . V I I I .
Scyphularia p entaphylla. F e e . 1
D a v a llia—In honour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist.
Penta.pliylla—Eive-leaved.
A D IS T IN C T p re tty dw a rf F e rn , v ery suitable for suspension
in a basket.
All eve rg re en stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of Malayan Archipelago and Java.
In tro d u c ed about ten years ago b y Slessrs. V e itch , of E x e te r;
and Messrs. Rolllsson, of Tooting.
F ro n d s glabrous, p in n a te , pinnae usua lly five—two p a irs and a
termina l one—-occasionally th re e pairs and a term in a l one—la n ceolate
in shape, petiolate, coriaceous, base cuneate, ma rg in
crenato-serrate. L e n g th of pinnco four and a h a lf inches, and
te rmina l one five inches; w id th of fertile piume th re e e ighths
of an in ch , an d of sterile pinme th re e q u a rte rs of an inch.
F ro n d s lateral.
Veins forked, immersed, and v ery indistinct.
Rhizoma creeping, about the thickness of a goose q u ill, and
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