SCHIZiEA PUSILLA. 



LEAST FERN. 



Cryptogamia Filices, Linn. Filices, Juss 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spikes unilateral, flabellate, aggregate. Capsules radically striated at the summit, sub-turbi- 

 nate, partly opening by an oblong, lateral pore. Indusium continuous, formed from 

 the inflected margin of the spikes. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Frond very simple, linear, compressed ; spikes conglomerated, inflexed, secund. Pursh. 



From two to four and a half inches high. Root densely fibrous, 

 umber-brown Barren fronds numerous, sixteenth part of an inch 

 bread, compressed, obtuse, contorted. Fertile fronds fewer, radical, 

 simple, the breadth of the barren, divaricating from the root, very 

 much compressed, of a leek-green colour, two-thirds of their length, 

 honey-yellow above. Spikes arcuate, leaning to one side, fan- 

 shaped, of a honey yellow colour. 



