SCHIZjEACE^E. gno 



There can be little doubt about this being the & australis of 

 Gaudichaud; and that it is the S. palmata of Montagne, we also are 

 satisfied from the figure in the Botany of the Astrolabe and Zelee, 

 where it is said to be a native of Lord Auckland's Islands. From 

 both of these our plant seems to differ only in the fronds being a little 

 longer : a difference which the greater warmth of the climate, com- 

 pared with that of the Auckland or Falkland groups, may sufficiently 

 account for. 



4. SCHIZ^A BIFIDA, jSw. 



Schizaa bifida, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 151; Willd. Spec. PL 5, p. 87; R. Br. Prodr. Fl. 

 Nov. Holl. p. 162; A. Rich. Bot. Yoy. Astrol. p. 95; A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. 

 Bot. Mag. 2, p. 362. 



Hab. Port Jackson, New South Wales. Vicinity of the Bay of 

 Islands, New Zealand. 



Among the specimens from New South Wales we find instances of 

 simple, bifid, trifid, and even quadrifid fronds. Those from New 

 Zealand are almost always bifid. 



5. SCHIZEA DICHOTOMA, $W. 



ScMzea dichotoma, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 150; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 87; R. Br. Prodr. 

 Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 162 ; Blume, Enura. PL Jav. 2, p. 255 ; Hook. & Grev. Ic. Fil. 

 t. 17; A. Cunn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 2, p. 362; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 19. 



Hab. Feejee Islands ; frequent in barren districts. 



Rootstock creeping under ground, about the thickness of a crow- 

 quill, pilose, and of a dark brown colour, with very few fibrils. Fronds 

 8 to 12 inches long, erect, somewhat flabelliform, repeatedly dichoto- 

 mous. Branches narrow-linear, compressed, with a strong costa and 

 a thick marginal nerve, which is a little rough to the touch. Fertile 

 appendages slightly curved backwards, 4 to 6 lines long, pinnate. 

 Pinnae 18 to 20 pairs, sometimes bifid; their costa and indusiiform 

 margin pilose. 



