116 11. SCmZAEA. § 1. EUSCmZAEA. 



(1) S. malaccana, nk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 428; Bedd., Ferns 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 '/a 

 m.M. thick, the barren and fertUe ones similai". Fertile portion erect, 8 — 10 

 m.M. long, with 5 — 6 slender, spreading pinnae (spikes) on each side, the 

 lowest 5 — 7 m.M. long. 



Malaya; Burmah. 



(2) S. fistulosa, io6., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 429; Lab., Nov. HolL, tab. 

 CCL, fig. 3. 



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

 10 — 30 c.M. long, rigid, rush-like, subterete, simply chaimelled in front. 

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

 slender, erecto-patent spikes on each side, the lowest + 5 m.M. long. 



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

 Madagascar. 



$ 2. LOPHIDIUM. 



* (3) S. dichotoma, *»., Bac, Flor. Btz., I, 6; Bedd. Ferns S.I., 

 tab. LXV; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. XVII; S.'Forsteri, Spr., 31uell., Pap. PL, 

 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, l^j^ — 22 '/j c.3I. each way, many times dichotomously 

 forked; ultimate divisions flattened, 1 '/^ — 7 '/a ni.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 ^ Polynesia, Madagascar, Mascarenes. 



$ 3. ACTINOSTACHYS. 



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

 CCLXVIH; Hk., Gard. Perns, tab. IL. 



Rhizome creeping or erect. Stipes dense, S'/j— 5 c.M. long, brownish, 



