428 64. SCHIZJEA, EUSCHIZ^EA. 



nearly to the rachis into erecto-patent, simple or forked linear segm. ; rachises 

 naked or slightly tomentose. Hk. G. F. t. 54. T. pellucida, Hk. Jc. t. 8. 



Hab. New Zealand. There is a form which quite agrees with this in the size and 

 cutting of the pinnae, but which has the lower ones reduced very gradually, thus receding 

 from the type in the direction of the next species. 



4. T. (Lept.) superba, Col. ; caud. erect, woody, 12-18 in. high ; st. 2-3 in. 1., 

 firm, erect, naked ; fr. 2-4 ft. 1., 6-10 in. br., tripinnatifid ; pinnae close, narrow- 

 lanceolate, the central ones 4-5 in. 1., J- in. br., the lower ones gradually reduced ; 

 pinnl. close, linear-oblong, ^-f in. 1., 1^-2 lin. br., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into erecto-patent simple or forked linear segm.; rachises densely tomentose. 

 Hk. Jc. t. 910. 



Hab. New Zealand. Pinnse and pinnules more numerous and denser than in the last, 

 often crisped. 



SUB-OBD. IV. SCHIZ^ACE^. 



Caps, two-valved, opening down the side, crowned by a complete operculiform 

 ring. Vernation circinate. GEN. 64-68. 



GEN. 64. SCHIZ^A, Smith. 



Caps, sessile, in 2-4 rows, which cover one side of close distichous spikes, 

 which form separate fertile segments at the apex of the fronds. A small widely- 

 diffused genus very distinct in habit. TAB. VIII. fig. 64. 



Euschizsea. Fertile segment pinnate ; frond terete or subterete. Caps. MseriaL 

 Sp. 1-9. 



* Fronds not forked. Sp. 1-7. 



1. S. australis, Gaud. ; st. dense, very short, dark chesnut-brown, passing 

 gradually into the wiry subterete fr., which is 1-2 in. 1., about J lin. thick, 

 simply channelled in front ; fertile segm. suberect, ^ in. ]., unilateral, with about 

 6 short stout nearly spreading spikes on each side, the lowest in. 1. S. pal- 

 mata, Homb. & Jacq. t. 43. 



Hab. Falkland and Auckland Isles. 



2. S. pusilla, Pursh ; st. dense, the barren fr. much shorter than the fertile 

 ones, much twisted and slightly flattened ; fertile fr. 3-4 in. 1., terete, wiry, 

 very slender ; fertile segm. suberect, J in. 1., unilateral, with about 6 rather 

 stout erecto-patent spikes on each side, -the lowest in. 1. Hk. & Gr. t. 48. A. 

 Gray Man, t. 13. 



Hab. Pine barrens of New Jersey, U. S. A. 



3. S. malaccana, Baker ; st. dense, not distinguishable from the fr., which is 

 4-8 in. 1., weak, flexuose, subterete, simply channelled in front, not more than 

 lin. thick, the barren and fertile ones similar ; fertile segm. erect, often bilateral, 

 in. deep, with 3-6 slender spreading spikes on each side, the lowest 2-2| lin. 1. 

 S. propinqua, Presl (in part). 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming 379 ; Malay Peninsula and Isles, gathered by Griffith, 

 Lobb, &c. 



4. S. tenella, Kaulf. ; st. dense, chesnut-brown, passing gradually into the fr., 

 which is 6-8 in. 1., not very rigid, subcompressed, with a broad distinct midrib 

 and two equal wings, the whole about lin. br. ; fertile segm. suberect, -f in. 1., 

 unilateral, with 4-8 rather stout erecto-patent spikes on each side, the lowest 

 l|-2 lin. 1. Kaulf. Enum. t. 1. /. 7. Kunze, 1. 1. 97. /. 2. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. 



