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DmalKa—J-n houour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss botauist.
Polypodioides—Polypodiuni-liko.
I n t h e S e c t io n M ic r o l e p ia o r A u t h o r s .
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A n ornamental large F e rn .
An evergreen stove species.
Na tiv e of Asia, Ceylon, E a st In d ie s, Madras, Assam, N ep a l,
Singapore, Ja v a , China, Brazil, Oahu, N ew H o llan d , Tovay,
Luzon, K hasiya, Polynesia, F e rn an d o P o , P en an g , an d Am-
boyna.
W e are in d eb ted to Mr. G. N o rm an , of H u ll, for intro d u c in g
this species, h e having received it from th e continent.
P ro n d s ample, tria n g u la rly -e lo n g a te ,' trip in n a te , and flaccid;
pinnules oblong-acuminate, segments membranous, ro u n d ish , and
deeply p in n a tifid ; base d e cu rren t, margin b lu n tly c ren a te ; p r imary
pinme distant.
P ro n d s la te ra l, v e ry h irsu te , especially on the veins and
costa beneath.
E hizoma creeping.
L en g th of frond thirty-five to fifty inch e s; colour a grass
green.
Sori la rg e , mostly solitary on th e en tire lobes, and having
several on the pinnatifid ones.
Sir W . J . H o o k e r describes four varieties, namely,—
Subglabra.—F ro n d s n e a rly glabrous.
Pubescens.— F ro n d s p u bescent, with close sh o rt down.
H isp id a .— F ro n d s hairy.
Rhomhoidea.—A much la rg e r F e rn . I t is the D avallia rhomhoidea
of W a llich , and Microlepia rhomhoidea of Pre sl.
In tro d u c e d into E n g la n d in 1826.
F o r plants of this species, and th e va rie ty Rhomhoidea, I am
in d eb ted to Messrs. Rollisson, of T ooting, and Mr. R. Sim, of
F o o t’s C ra y ; and V e itch , of Chelsea.
T h e illustrations are from Mr. Sim’s fronds.—A n engraving
of a pin n a of a V a rie ty is given at page 92.
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