Schizaea. | FILICES. 543 
Veins simple or forked. Synangia near the margin, sessile on an oblong 
receptacle, not surrounded by hairs, !/2—%/s“ Sig one to each serrature, 
with 4—6 loculaments in each row. — Stibasia Douglasii, Presl. — De 
Vriese, Monogr. Mar. tab. 3, fig. — pais: ee T. Moore. 
. alata, Hook. & Arn. Bot. ae and Brack. mien 8 See el 
Distingished from M. alata only by its larger size xt eo want of seins 
the under side. 
er common in forests of medium elevation ; the «Pala» of the natives. The thick 
abound in sta 
nN lice 
mucilage and form a pleasant Pol drink. — Occurs also on the Viti Islands. 
2. SCHIZAEA, J. Sm. 
Sporangia sessile in two to four rows, covering one side of close disti- 
chous or digitate spike-like fertile segments at the x of the frond, 
which is either linear or dichotomously divided. Siteed Medan acon 
A small but widely diffused genus. 
1. S. robusta, Baker, in Synops. Fil. p. 429. — Caudex short, erect, 
scantily covered with stiff dark-brown hair. Stipes loosely tufted, dark 
chestnut, passing gradually into the frond, which is green, flat, een 
rigid and rush-like, 4—10’ long and less than 1/2“ broad, with a broad 
midrib and two narrow thick edges; the fertile apical portion 1/4—1/2‘ in 
length, being formed of 4—10 pairs of closely set contracted spike-like 
pinnae or segments, which are suberect, stout, brownish, generally all 
turned to one side, the lowest 1—3” long. Sporangia in 2 rows, 6—10 
in each. — S. australis, Brack. Fil. U. 8. E. E. p. 302. Smaart Enum. no. 649. 
Rare, at reietear of more than 3000 ft. Oahu! Konahuanui, ; Maui! top of 
Eeka, in sw mps; Kauai, Waialeale (Wawra). Perhaps eae a ees on ae Ss. agent 
lis, Gaud., ek is known from the Falkland and Auckland Islands. Nat. «Oalii 
makalii» 
3. GLEICHENIA, J. Sm. 
Sori subglobose, of 2—6, rarely more sporangia, superficial or sunk, 
seated on the apex or abd of a vein. Spores ovoid, with a single dorsal 
line. — A bud between the fork branches. Pinnae pinnatifid, with the 
segments small and concave suborbicular, or pectinate with elongate seg- 
ments, Snes 
Trailing opie, or subtropical only in the southern hemisphere. — Our species 
belong to fey eas Mertensia, which has superficial sori and elo eters segments. 
Frondose portion bipinnate ' . G. longissima. 
All or most branches of the frond leaf- bearing 2. G. Hawaiiensis. 
Only the last pair of branches leaf- senate tbe lower branches 
with a single pinnule at the base 3. G. die 
All three species have far creeping whe belcontae SNe sd ea fame mation 
jungles, especially the last. Nat. names: «Uluhi«, «Unuhi», «Enuhe 
