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Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



GENUS XC— SCHIZiEA. {Smith.) 



(Schizo, I cut ; the cut fertile segments.) 



Capsules sessile in 2-4 rows which cover one side of close 

 distichous spikes, which form separate fertile segments at the apex 

 of the fronds ; veins free. 



1. Schiz^ea malaccana. (Baker.) Stipes dense, not distinguish- 

 able from the frond, which is 4-8 inches long, weak, flexuose, 

 subterete, channelled in front not more than -J line thick, the barren 



and fertile ones similiar ; fertile 

 segment erect, often bilateral, 

 \ inch deep with 3-6 slender 

 spreading spikes on each side, 

 the lowest 2-2^ lines long. Baker, 

 Syn. Fil. p. 428. Bedd. F. B. I. 



t- 255- 



Malay Peninsula. 



(Also in the Malay Islands 



and Philippines.) 



2. SCHIZ^A DICHOTOMA. 



(Sw.) Stipes 6-18 inches long, 

 firm, erect, glossy, channelled on 

 the face above ; fronds fan-like in 

 general outline, 6-9 inches each 

 way, many times dichotomously 

 forked, the ultimate divisions f-i 

 inch broad, with 1 fertile seg- 

 schiz^a DiGiTATA. (Sw.) ment to each, *-£ inch long, the 



rachis often curved with 4-10 close spreading spikes on each side. 

 Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 430. Bedd. F. S. I. t. 65. 



South India, on the Western mountains ; Malay Peninsula. 



(Also in Tropical America and West Indies ; Australia, New 

 Zealand, Polynesia, Philippines, and Mascareen Islands.) 



3. Schiz^ea DiGiTATA. (Sw.) Fronds long, linear, grass-like , 



