E the sporangia being borne on crestlike terminal spikes, 
356 . CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 
. rangia sessile few, seated in concave segments formed by 
the revolute margin, globose, opening vertically on their 
exterior side. 
Type. Mohria thurifraga, Sw. 
Illust. Hook. and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 104, B; Moore Ind. 
Fil., p. 93, A; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and For., fig. 145; 
Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 8, fig. 66. 
Oss.—This genus is founded on a solitary species, a 
native of South Africa and Madagascar. 
Sp. M. thurifraga, Sw. (v v.) (M. achillefolia, Lowe's New 
Ferns, t. 42, B.) 
Oss.—This Fern much resembles some species of Cheilan- 
thee, the concave segments containing the sporangia being 
similar to Myriopteris. 
209.—Scuizma, Sm. (1793). 
Hook, Syn. Fil. ; 
Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose, rarely distant. 
Fronds linear, simple, stipitiform, simply forked or flabellate, 
2 to 20 inches high. Veins forked, free; fertile appendices 
terminal, pinnate, cristeform; margins of the segments. ^ 
involute, each bearing on its inner side two compact TOW8 — ` 
of sessile oval sporangia, attached by their base, and | d 
opening vertically. -o 
Type. Schizæa pectinata, Smith. SE 
Ilust. Hook. and Bauer Gen. Fil, t. 19; Moore Ind. a 
Fil., p. 91 B.; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and For., fig. 146; : 
Hook. Syn. Fil, t. 8, fig. 64. | 
Oss.—This is a curious genus, differing from Anemia in 
which being resupinate give the appearance of the cid 
| nde being produci on the upper surface. oc 
