d a v a l l i a L O N C H I T I D K A . A P E X O P F R O N D .
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Fertile pinna—imder side.
DAVALLIA LONCHITIDEA.
W a l l ic h . H o o k e r .
P L A T E X X X . V O L . V I I I .
D a v a llia p la typ h y lla ,
Microlepia “
“ lonchitidea.
Don.
J . S m i t h .
J . S m i t h .
D a v a llia—In honour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss Botanist.
Lonchitidea—Spear-shaped.
I n t h e S e c t i o n M i c r o l e p i a o f A u t h o r s .
A BE.AUTiFUL stovo species, one o f th e noblest of th e genus,
making an exceedingly handsome specimen, hav in g v e ry sp re ad ing
and n e a rly horizontal fronds, above a foot in width.
N a tiv e o f N ep a l, Madras, and the Is la n d o f Ceylon.
F ro n d s la rg e , ta ll, and trip in n a te , th e p rim a ry and secondary
pin n u le s much petio la ted—th e p etioles long and glossy. Coriaceo-
membranaceous, glabrous. T h e pinme la rg e an d spread in g .