SCHIZ^A. 313 



S. tenella — ten-el'-la (very delicate), Kaulfuss. 



A greenhouse species, of medium dimensions, native of Cape Colony, with 

 dense, chestnut-brown stalks passing gradually injto the fronds, which are 6in. 

 to Sin. long, not very rigid, with a broad, distinct midrib and two equal 

 wings. The fertile segments, somewhat upright and nearly ^in. long, are 

 unilateral, showing from four to eight rather stout spikes on each side. — 

 Hooher, Synopsis Filicum, p. 428. 



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SCHIZOLOMA— Schiz-ol-o'-ma. See Lindsaya. 



