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are 4m. to 12in, long, rigid, and rush-like ; they are nearly round, being 

 simply channelled in front. The fertile segments, somewhat upright and about 

 lin. long, show from ten to twenty close, slender spikes on each side. — 

 Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 429. 



S. malaccana — mal-ac-ca'-na (Malaccan), Baker. 



In this stove species, native of Malaysia and the. Philippine Islands, and 

 which, according to Beddome, grows at an elevation of 3500ft. on Mount 

 Gede, in Moulmein, the stalks are weak, flexuose, nearly cyhndrical, and not 

 distinguishable from the fronds themselves, which, whether barren or fertile, 

 are similar. The fertile segments are erect, often disposed in two series, and 

 show from three to six slender, spreading spikes on each side. — Hooker, 

 Synopsis Filicum, p. 428. Beddome, Ferns of British India, t. 255. 



S. pectinata — pec-tin-a'-ta (comb-like), Smith. 



A greenhouse species, native of Cape Colony. Its very dense, chestnut- 

 brown stalks pass gradually into the fronds, which are 4in. to Sin. long, rigid 

 and rush-like in texture, with a broad, central midrib, and two narrow, thick, 

 revolute edges. The fertile segments, nearly horizontal, show from ten to 

 fifteen slender, vertical spikes on each side. — Hooker, Synopsis Filicum, p. 429. 



S. penicillata — pe-nic-il-la'-ta (pencil-like). Synonymous with S. jmmula. 



S. pennula — pen'-nul-a (small- winged), Swartz. 



This is a very distinct, stove species, native of the West Indies, New 

 Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, and the Seychelles, and said to have been 

 introduced in 1816. Its dense, brownish, somewhat cylindrical stalks, lin. 

 to 2in. long, pass gradually into the fronds, which are 1ft. or more in length, 

 very thick, triquetrous (furnished with three sharp angles), and crowned at 

 their summit with from six to twelve slightly three-angled, fertile spikes 

 which are ^in. to IJin. long, hairy beneath, with the capsules usually disposed 

 in four rows. — Hooker and Greville, Icones Filicum, t. 54. Nicholson, Dictionary 

 of Gardening, iii., p. 383. 



S. pusilla — pus-il'-la (dwarf), Fursh. 



This greenhouse species is essentially a native of North America, where 

 it is commonly known as the " New Jersey Schizjea." According to Eaton, it 



