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to Carolina; rare. (r. v. Near Hyde's Town, New Jersey; 

 near Aision, Z. Collins, Esqr.) 



The other species of this genus are indigenous to the 

 West Indies. 



ai4. SCHIZtEA. Smith. 



Spikes iniilaterai,flabellate, aggre,^ate. Cap- 

 sules radiately striated at the summit, subtiirbi- 

 nate, partly opening by an oblong lateral pore, 

 Indusium cimtinuoiis, forn[ied from the inflected 

 margin of the spikes. 



Fronds simple, and linear, or dichotomously divided. 

 Species. 1. S. pusilla. Ph. First detected by Doctor 

 Eddy of New York. 



Of this genus there are 9 other species, 6 indigenous 

 to New Holland or India, 1 to the Cape of Good and 2t© 

 the tropical paits of America. 



815. OSMUNDA. Z. (Flowering Fern.) 

 Ca^^.su^essubglobose, pedicellate, striate, semi- 



bivalvular and paniculated. Indusium none. 



Fructification terminal and paniculate, or forming a dis- 

 tinct or interrupted frond similar to that which is infer- 

 tile. 



Species. 1.0. cinnamomea. 2. Claytoniana. 3. inter- 

 rupta. 4. spectabilis. Scarcely distinct from 0. regalis of 

 Europe. 



Of this genus, besides the above, there is 1 species in 

 Europe, 2 in Japan, and 1 indigenous in common to the 

 Cape of Good Hope and New Holland. 



816. ACROSTICHUM. £. 



Capsules scattered, occupying the whole or a 

 part of the under surface of the frond. Indusium 

 none. 



Frond simple or compound. 



Species. 1. A. aiireum. Hab. In Florida. 



8f7. POLYPODIUM. L. (Polypody.) 



Son (or small clusters of capsules) roundish^ 

 scattered. Indusium none. 



