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D a v a llia—lu honour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botauist.
B u lla ta—From the numerous swellings.
A s o t i i e r in te re stin g small species, b u t little known in our
E n g lish collections, ex cept th e more extensive ones.
A deciduous stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of th e E a s t In d ie s, N e p a l, and Assam.
E o r this species we are in d eb ted to D r. Wa llich .
F ro n d s deltoideo-ovate, suh-membranaceous, shining, trip in n a te ,
th e fertile ones copiously bú lla te on the u p p e r side. T h e lower
p rim a ry pinnae sub-opposite, ovate-acuminate, pin n u le s profoundly
pinnatifid, an d lanceolate.
Caudex c re ep in g , and clothed with copious sub-squamose
ferru g in o u s scales.
L e n g th of fro n d six inches, wid th from four to six inches.
H a b it e re c t; stem slender.
F o r a p lan t my th anks are due to Messrs. P a rk e r, of H o llow
ay ; and for fronds to Mr. H en d e rso n , of "Wentworth.
T h e illustration is from a p lan t in my own collection.
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