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Davallia (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 445-7, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

D. aculeata (prickly). rhiz. creeping, stout, fibrillose. sti. (including rachis) 4ft. to 6ft. long, strong, scandent, spinose-flexuose. fronds tripinnatifid; lower pinnae 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, 4in. to 6in. broad, ovate-lanceolate; pinnules lanceolate, 2in. to 3in. long, 1in. broad; segments 1/4in. broad, cuneate, deeply two to four-lobed. sori small, cup-shaped, terminal. West Indies. SYN. Stenoloma aculeata.

D. brachycarpa (short-fruited). A form of D. gibberosa. D. elegans polydactyla (many-fingered). This differs from the type in the many-fingered, dilated apex of the frond, and of the pinnae, which are all multifidly divided or crested in such a manner as to give the plant an extremely ornamental character. 1882.

D. ferruginea (rusty). sti. wide-creeping, climbing, not prickly. fronds quadripinnatifid; pinnules of the lower pinnae 2in. to 3in. long, 1 1/2in. broad, ovate; segments 1in. long, 3/4in. broad, cut down to the rachis below, the lobes 1/4in. to 3/8in. broad, cuneate at base, both deeply toothed and shallowly crenate. sori small, marginal, shallow. Madagascar, 1887. SYN. Stenoloma ferruginea.

D. fijensis plumosa (feathery). In this variety the segments are extremely narrow, and all parts of the frond have a specially graceful, plumose appearance. 1882.

D. foeniculacea (Fennel-like). sti. erect, firm, 6in. to 8in. long, fronds 9in. to 18in. long, 6in. to 12in. broad, lanceolate-deltoid, quadripinnate; lower pinnules lanceolate, acuminate, 2in. to 3in. long, 1in. broad; segments cut down to the rachis into simple or forked, linear, filiform, ultimate divisions, one to two lines long, equalling the rachis in breadth. sori two to six to a segment, lateral, deeply half-cup-shaped. Fiji Islands, 1885. D. gibberosa brachycarpa (short-fruited). sori as broad as deep, overtopped by a long horn. New Hebrides, 1884. SYN. D. brachycarpa. D. hirta cristata (crested). fronds drooping, beautifully crested. South Sea Islands.

D. Lorrainii (Lorraine's). rhiz. as thick as a quill, the scales nearly black. sti. 3in. to 4in. long, brownish, naked. fronds 6in. to 12in. long, deltoid, quadripinnatifid; pinnae stalked, deltoid, the lowest largest, produced on the lower side, their rachises winged to the base; pinnules and segments sub-sessile, crowded, deltoid, much reduced on the lower side; final lobes ligulate, a quarter to one-third of a line broad, with a sorus at the base of the inner side. Malay Peninsula, 1882.

D. retusa (retuse). sti. pale reddish. fronds deltoid, tripinnate; pinnules pale green, rhomboidal or cuneate. Sumatra, 1886. An elegant Fern, of spreading habit, suitable for basket culture.

D. tenuifolia Veitchiana (Veitch's). fronds spreading, plume-like, broadly ovate, quadripinnate; ultimate lobes cuneate, simple or bifid, China, 1883. A handsome basket Fern. See Fig. 14, for which we are indebted to Messrs. James Veitch and Sons.