430 64. SCHIZ^A, ACTINOSTACHYS. 



flattened or slightly so either hefore or after the first fork. Sturm in Mart. Fl. 

 Bras. fasc. 23. p. 184. t. 13. 



Hab. Guiana and Brazil. Perhaps this should be considered a reduced variety of 

 elegant. 



12. S. (Loph.) Sprucei, Hk. MSS. ; caud. woody, suberect; st.Q-12 inl., firm, 

 dense, erect, clothed, especially below, with squarrose fibrillose brownish scales ; 

 fr. 6-8 in. 1., very thick in texture, naked, channelled, f in. br. at the widest 

 part, narrowed gradually downwards, bearing at the apex 1-6 long-stalked 

 fertile segm., which are l|-2 in. 1., the rachis spirally recurved, the spikes very 

 numerous, f-f in. 1., tomentose beneath. Hk. Ic. t. 1016. 



Hab. Banks of the Rio Negro, Spruce 3752. A very distinct new species. 



13. S. (Loph.) dichotoma, Sw. ; st. 6-18 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy, channelled 

 on the face above ; fr. fanlike in general outline, 6-9 in. each way, many times 

 dichotomously forked, the ultimate divisions f-1 lin. br., with 1 fertile segm. to 

 each, %-\ in. 1., the rachis often curved, with 4-10 close, spreading spikes on each 

 side. Hk. & Gr. t. 17. Beddome, t. 65. S. Forsteri, Spr. S. cristata, Willd. 

 S. Poppigiana, Sturm. 



Hab. Cuba, Venezuela, Peru, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Ma- 

 laccas, Neilgherries, Mascaren Isles. The Polynesian S. cristata, Willd., is a large form 

 with broader divisions than usual. The American plant is S. occidentalis, Griseb., and 

 is said to have the fertile segment twice as long as in the type ; but we do not find the 

 character to always hold good. 



14. S. (Loph.) elegans, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, naked ; fr. like the 

 letter V in outline, 4-8 in. each way, dichotomously forked or cleft, the divisions 

 varying greatly in number and breadth (J-2 in.), surface glossy; fertile segm. 

 copious, distinctly stalked, j-if in. 1., the rachis often recurved with 6-15 close 

 spreading linear-cylindrical spikes on each side. Hk. Q. F. t. 54. /3, S.flabellum, 

 Mart. ; fr. almost or quite undivided. Mart. t. 65. L. latifolium, Rich. S. 

 spectabilis, Mart. Sturm. Fl. Bras. fasc. 23. t. 14. 



Hab. West Indies and Mexico to Brazil. S. attenuata, Beyr., appears to be a form 

 with unusually narrow divisions. S. pacificans, Mart. Icon. Crypt, t. 56, has two entire 

 divisions, each 6 in. br. 



Actinostachys, Wall. Fertile segment digitate rather than pinnate ; caps, 

 quadriserial. Sp. 15-16. 



15. S. (Actin.) pennula, Sw. ; st. dense, 1-2 in. L, subterete, brownish, passing 

 gradually into the fr., which is 1 ft. or more 1., nearly 1 lin. thick, triquetrous, 

 with 3 sharp angles, crowned at the apex with 6-12 subtriquetrous fertile 

 spikes, which are \-\\ in. L, pilose beneath, with the caps, usually in 4 rows. 

 S. trilateral, Schk. Hk. & Gr. t. 54. S. penicillata, H. B. K. S. Isevigata, 

 Mett. J3, S. subtrijuga, Mart. ; fr. 6-0 in. 1., much more slender, the spikes 

 often reduced to 3 oj 4. Kunze, t. 97./. 1. A. Germani, Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 29. 



Hab. West Indies to Rio, New Caledonia, Isle of Pines, Seychelles. We cannot 

 distinguish the Polynesian loevigata from the American plant. The New Caledonian 

 S. intermedia, Mett., is intermediate between our two varieties. 



16. S. (Actin.) digitata, Sw. ; st. dense, 1-2 in. 1., brownish, subterete, passing 

 gradually into the fr., which is 1 ft. or more L, 1-2 lin. br., flattened, the 

 midrib beneath prominent, crowned at the apex with 6-15 subtriquetrous 

 fertile spikes, which are 1^ in. 1., naked beneath, with the caps, in 4 rows and 

 the edge much inflexed. Hk. G. F. t. 54. 



Hab. Himalayas to Ceylon, Bonin, Philippines, Malay Isles and Fiji. 



