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Barren pinna from near the apex of a Frond.
DAVALLIA ORNATA.
W a l l ic h . L in k . M o o r e .
P L .A T E X X IV . V O L . V I I I .
D a v a llia solida, var. latifolia, lIooKEli.
Stenolohus ornatus, P r e s l .
D a va llia—hx lionour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist.
Ornata—Adorned.
T h e r e are many forms of this F e rn , if we connect it with
Davallia solida. T h e b road-fronded va rie ty is so distinct, and
alth o u g h o ther varieties, less broad, ru n this F e rn into D .
solida, still I have v en tu red to keep them separate. I t is a
noble species.
A n ev ergreen stove F e rn .
N a tiv e o f Singapore and Borneo.
In tro d u c e d into th e Royal Gard en s, K ew , in 1844, b y Mr.
H . Lowe.
F ro n d s glabrous, deltoid, and b ip in n a te ; th e pinnae , tria n g u la
rly elongate, and having v e ry bro ad pinn u le s, which are
coriaceous, oblong-ovate, th e fertile ones distant and profoundly
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