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10 Carolina; rare. (r. v. Near Hyde's Town, New Jei'sey; 

 near Aision, Z. Coilins, Ksqr-.) 



The other species of this g-enus are indig-enous to the 

 West India's. 



314. SCHIZ^A. Smith. 



Spikes unilateraJ^, liabeilate, a]5,^reg'ate. Cap- 

 sules lailiately striated at the summit, swbturbi- 

 ii;^te, p-:!"tjy opening by an obi :iig luterai nore. 

 Indusiiun continuous, formed from the inflected 

 ttiariT'!! A' the spikes. 



Fr ,!:ds simple, und linear, or dichotomously divided. 

 Species. l.S. pimlla. Ph. first detected by Doctor 

 Ed;ly of New York. 



or thi^ ;^enus there are 9 other species, 6 Indigenous 

 to Nev.' H(;Uand or India, 1 to the Cape of Good and 2 tfa» 

 the iro|jira.l parts of Ameiica. 



«I5. O^MUNDA. L. (Flowei-in.^ Fern.) 



Crpstf/essubjg^lobose, pedicellate, striate, semi- 

 biva'v i! \r and panicniated. Indusium none. 



F.uctification terminal and paniculate, or forming: a dis= 

 tinct or interrupted frond sinnilar to that which is infer- 

 tile. 



Species. 1. 0. cinnan'omea. 2. Claytoiiiana. 3. inter^ 

 rupta. 4 apectabilis. Scarcely distinct from O. regatis of 

 Euiope. 



Uf this ^enus, besides the above, there is 1 species in 

 E'lrope, 2 in Japan, and 1 Indiijenotis in common to the 

 Cape of fiood Hope and New Holland. 



516. ACROSTICHLM. L. 



Capsules scattered, occupyin.8^ the whole or a 

 part of the under surface of the frond. Iiidusium 

 none. 



Frond simple or compound. 



Species. 1. A. aureum. Hab. In Florida. 



Sf7. POLYPODiUM. i. (Polypody.) 



Sori (or small cliist'.'rs of capsules) rouudisb, 

 scattered, Indusium none. 



