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D A V A L L I A F L A G E L L I F E R A .
F ILICES .—G i ' e a t j e . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kauif. F i l i c e s v e r æ . Wi/U., S p r e n g .
G e n . C h a r . D A V A L L I A , Sm. «S’o ri su b ro tu n d i (vel in lin e o la v e rtic a li) m a rg in i p le rum q u e
ap p ro x im a ti. Involucrum su p e rfic ia rium , e x apic e venæ u nicæ o rtum , la te rib u s ve l la ta basi
ad n a tum , e x te riu s c t v c rtic a lite r lib e rum . Br.
D\mk\aas. fiagellifei-a ; fronde lanceolata pinnata, pinnis alternis lineari-lanceolatis lon g e attenuatis
crenato-dentatis basi oblique cuneatis brevi-petiolatis, dcntibus soriferis.
Davallia flagellifera. Wallich in Herb. \ 823 ; in L is t o f P l. o f E . Ind. Comp. Mus. n. 243.
P Ia b . In Insula Penang. Wallich.
Caudex repens, crassus, radiculoso-fibrosus.
S lip e s spithamoeus et ultra, erectus, teres, fuscus.
Frons pedalis et ultra, circumscriptione ovato-lanceolata, pinnata ; pmnis alternis, erecto-patentibus, flexuosis,
4 ad 6 uncias lon g is, lineari-lanceolatis, rigidis, glabris, basi oblique cuneatis, brevi-pedicellatis, apice longe
attenuatis, per totum marginem crenato-dentatis, costatis, oblique sed obscure nervosis. R a ch is glabra, fusca,
liinc sulcata.
S e r i solitarii in singulo dente, venas terminantes.
Involucrum hemispiioericum, fornicatum, suberosum, extus dehiscens.
Capsidæ globosoe, fuscæ, lon g e pedicellatoe.
Semin a minutissima, reniformia vel ovalia.
Fig . 1. Po rtio frondis fructiferoe. f. 2 . Capsuloe. f. 3. Semina: magn. auct.
A beautiful species o f a very beautiful genus, and only known to us through the medium o f the
splendid botanical collections brought to th is country by Dr. Wallich.
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