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SCHIZAEACEAE 



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{S. pusilla) is characteristic of Northern India, the Malay 

 region, Australia, New Caledonia, S. Africa, and elsewhere south 

 of the Equator. Aneimia (figs. 223, 224, A, B), characterised by 

 the fertile segments with reduced lamina, is chiefly American : 

 the monotypic genus Mohria, resembling in habit the Poly- 



FiG. 222. Schizaeaelegans. (Slightly reduced.) A few of the segments terminate 

 in narrow fertile lobes. 



podiaceous genus Cheilanthes, occurs in S. Africa and Mada- 

 gascar, while species of Lygodium are widely spread tropical 

 ferns, with one species in temperate North America. This 

 family has disappeared from Europe. 



