Humata

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Read about Humata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Humata (Latin, of the earth; referring to the creeping habit of the rhizomes). Polypodiaceae. Ferns of small stature related to Davallia and sometimes included with that genus, with small, thick, deltoid lvs., with the indusium tough, suborbicular or reniform, attached by a broad base and free at the apex and sides.—Some 20 species are known, mostly from the E. Indies. For cult., see Davallia. H. heterophylla. Smith. (Davallia angustata, Wallich.). A small creeping plant with long slender rhizomes and simple entire or slightly lobed lvs. 3-6 in. long, 1 in. broad; fertile If. narrower, with deep sinuate cleft along the sides. Malaya and Polynesia. —H. ripens, Diels (Davallia alpina, Blume). Small plant: lvs. dimorphic, the sterile 1-pinnato, the pinnae divided into many small segms.; fertile lvs. reduced nearly to the rachis and midveins of the pinnae, sori borne on spine-like branches of the latter. E.Asia. L. M. Underwood. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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