rimili of sterile Frond, under side.
DAVALLIA KHASIYANA.
H o o k e r .
P L A T E X X X I I . V O L . V I I I .
Microlepia cristata,
“ Kliasiyana,
“ Khasyana,
J . S m i t h .
P e e .
M o o r e .
D a va llia—In Iionour o f Edmund Davall, a Swiss botanist.
K h asiyana—Named after the Khasiya hills, in Northern India, where
it is found.
I s THE S e c t io n IMic r o l e p ia o f A u t h o r s .
A p r e t t y , r a r e s p e c ie s .
A n ev ergreen stove F e rn .
N a tiv e of In d ia , Ja v a , Ceylon, and Luzon.
T h e fronds are v ery tall, and lanceolate in form, bipinnate,
with an elongated stipes th irty inches in len g th ; th e rachis and
veins pubescent. Pinnte petiolate, and lanceolate-acuminate in
shape. P in n u le s subdimidiato-ovate, obtuse, pinnatifid, and
angulato-dentate. Pinnae six to e ig h t inches long.
L e n g th of frond th irty -six inches.
Involucres small an d membranaceous.
D A V A L L I A K H A S I Y A N A .
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