428 64. SCHIZ.EA, § EUSCHIZiEA. 



nearly to the racliis into erecto-patent, simple or forked linear sepm. ; rachises 

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



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

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

 from the type in the directioa of the next species. 



4. T. (Lept.) stiperla. Col. ; cmid. erect, wood}-, 12-18 in. high ; st. 2-3 in. 1., 

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

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

 pinnl. close, linear-ohTong, j-| in. 1., 1^-2 lin. br., cut down nearly to the rachis 

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

 Hk. Ic. t. 910. 



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

 often crisped. 



Sub-Ord. IV. SCHIZ^ACE^. 



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

 ring. Vernation circinate. Gen. 64-G8. 



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. 



§ Euschizeea. Fertile segment p>innate ; frond terete or suhtercte. Caps.biset'ial. 

 Sp. 1-9. 



* Fronds not forked. Sp. 1-7. 



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

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

 simply channelled in front ; fertile segm. suberect, \ in. 1., unilateral, with about 

 6 short stout nearl}' spreading spikes on each side, the lowest g in. I. — 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 al)out 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/r., which is 

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

 ^ lin. thick, the barren and fertile ones nmrAax ; fertile scgm. ex^ci, often bilateral, 

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

 — S. propinqua, Presl {in 2)art). 



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

 Lobb, &c. 



4. S. tenclla, Kaulf. ; st. dense, chesnut-brown, passing gradually into the/r., 

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

 and two equal wings, the wliole about j lin. br. ; fertile segm. suberect, |-| in. 1., 

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

 lJ-2 lin. \.— Kaulf. Emm. t. \.f. 7. Kunze, t. 1. 07./. 2. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Na'al. 



