﻿116 11. SCHIZAEA. § 1. EUSCHIZAEA. 



(1) S. nialaccana, JKfe., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 428: Bedd., Perns Br. 

 I., II, tab. CCLV; S. fistulosa, Lab., var. malaccana, Prantl, Morph. d. Gefasscr., 

 II, Schiz., 136. 



Stipes dense, not distinguishable from the fronds, which are 10 — W c.M. 

 long, weak, flexuose, subterete, simply channelled in front, not more than ^2 

 m.M. thick, the barren and fertile ones similar. Fertile portion erect, 8 — 10 

 m.M. long, with 3 — 6 slender, spreading pinnae (spikes) on each side, the 

 lowest 5 — 7 m.M. long. 



Malaya; Burmah. 



(2) S. fiiStulOiSa, *«»., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 429; Lab., Nov. Holl., tab. 

 CCL, fig. 3. . 



Stipes dense, chestnut-brown, passing gradually into the fronds, which are 

 10 — 50 c.M. long, rigid, rush-like, subterete, simply channelled in front. 

 Fertile portion suberect, unilateral, 1 — 2^2 c.M. long, with 10 — 20 close, 

 slender, erecto-patent spikes on each side, the lowest + 3 m.M. long. 



Borneo; Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, Chili, 

 Madagascar. 



$ 2. LOPHIDIUM. 



* (3) S. (lichotottia, Sm., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 6; Bedd. Ferns S.I., 

 tab. LXV; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. XVII; S. Forsteri, Spr., Muell., Pap. PI., 

 IV, 75. 



Rhizome erect, densely covered with lanceolate scales. Stipes dense, 

 15 — 45 c.M. long, firm, erect, glossy, channelled on the face above. Fronds 

 fan-like in general outline, 1^\^ — 22 Y^ c.M. each way, many times dichotomously 

 forked; ultimate divisions flattened, 1 '/^ — 7 '/2 m.M. broad, with the fertile portion 

 pinnate, 4 — 12 m.M. long, the rachis often curved, with 3 — 10 close, spreading, 

 hairy pinnae (spikes) on each side. 



Trop. Asia, Australia ^ Polyneda, Madagascar, Mascarenes. 



3. ACTINOSTACHYS. 



* (4) S. digitata, Sw., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 7; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CCLXVni; Hk., Gard. Ferns, tab. IL. 



Rhizome creeping or erect. Stipes dense, 2*/2 — 5 c.M. long, brownish, 



