Sah a: acta erent 
r g a Scene, 
; scattered. Indusium none. 
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to Carolina; rare. (v. v. Near Hyde’s Town, ; New y dati, 
near Atsion, Z. Collins, Esqr.) 
The other species 6 this A are indigenous to the | 
West Indies. 2 
$14. SCHIZABA. Smith. 
Spikes unilateral, flabelate, Ro Cap- 
sules radiately striated at the summi(, subturbi- 
nate, partly opening by an oblong lateral pore. 
Indusium continuous, formed from the inflected. 
margin of the spikes. 
Fronds simple, and linear, or dichotomously divided: 
Sprecigs. 1.8. pusilla. Pu, First detected by Doctor 
Eddy of New York. , 
Of this genus there are 9 other species, 6 indigenous 
to New Holland or India, Fon ten = in wc cag 
the tropical parts of America. 
815. OSMUNDA. L. (Flowering Fern.) a e 
Capsules subglobose, pedicellate, striate, semi- 
bivalzular and paniculated. Zndusivm none. 
ructification terminal and paniculate, or forming a dis- 
Fate, 
tinct or interrupted frond similar to that which is infer- — | 
tile. 
Specres. 1.0. cinnamemea. 2. Claytoniana. 3. inter- 
rupta. 4. spectabilis. Scarcely distinct from ee 
Europe. = 
Of this genus, besides the above, there is 1 species im 
Europe, 2 in Japan, and 1 indigenous in common to the. 
Cape of Good Hope and NewHolland. 
816. ACROSTICHDM. L. 
Capsules scattered, occupying the whole or a 
none. 
Frond simple or cslipwind. 
Specres. 1. A. aureum. Has. In Florida. 
si7. POLYPODIUM. L. (Polypody,) 
Sori (or small clusters of ea 
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part of the under surface of the sitemecdmecncnle 
