rERNS OF NATAL. 
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Sub-Order 4. 
SCHIZvEACE^E, 
(bchizo, 1 out), 1 he typical species bearing fruit on the margin of 
the frond which appears as if cut or cleft. 
1 his Sub-order is distinguished by bearing capsules which have the 
1 ing on the apex, the capsule appearing as if crowned by a series of radia- 
ting lines, and at maturity opening down the side; vernation oireinate; the 
suborder contains 5 Genera, only 3 of which are represented in Natal, 
behizaa with spieate, Anemia with paniculate, and Mohria with dorsal fructi- 
fication. 
SCHIZ.^EA tenella, 
( tenellus , slender). 
Stipes dense, chestnut brown, passing gradually into the frond, which 
rs 6—8 m. long, not very rigid, subcompressed, with a broad distinct midrib 
and two equal wings, the whole about \ line broad; fertile segment sub- 
erect, i— f- in. long, unilateral with 4 — 8 rather stout erecto-patent spikes 
on each side, the lowest 4-2 line long Once gathered by the late Mr. 
McKen near the Umtw'alumi, but has not been met with by any other 
< o eetoi in Natal to our knowledge. Since the above was written it has 
been collected by Mr. John Sanderson, near Umbilo Falls. 
ANEMIA dregeana. 
( Aneimon, naked, from the naked fructification). 
Flowering Fern. 
A small tufted fern found in the drier parts of the bush, and at once 
known by its peculiar fructification, the barren and fertile fronds are 
separate, but both are borne on the same stem, the barren frond is simply 
pinnate with 10 to 16 pinnae on each side, which are ovate and dark green, 
unequal at the base, and slightly toothed at the edge, with a few fine 
scattered hairs ; the fertile frond separates from the barren one at a few 
niches from the ground, and has a stem 4-6 inches long, at the top of 
which it bears its panicle of capsules, the lower branches of which are 
longer than the others ; it is often found with 2 and sometimes 3 fertile 
fronds to each barren one, and we have two specimens, one of w'hich, with 
a large barren frond, bears two small ones which are fertile, at the base, 
aud barren and leafy at the apex, the other one is a barren frond with the 
lowest pinna on each side again tw’iee pinnate, both are natural sports or 
deviations from the normal form. 
MOHRIA caffrorum, 
(In honor of D. D. Mohr, a German botanist). 
A common fern in damp places and amongst grass all over the Colony, 
It is the only species of its genus “combining the capsules of the suborder 
with the habit of Cheilanihes and is confined to Natal aud the Mascarene 
Isles. Its stipites are tufted and slightly scaly, the frond oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate and twice pinnate, with the pinnules again toothed or lobed ; 
rachises and under surface more or less scaly, veins forked and free; sori 
marginal ; capsules large, few in each sorus, sessile, most plentiful on 
upper part of the frond; the margin of the frond reflexed over them 
When bruised the frond has an odour resembling turpentine; the many 
rayed, apical ring characteristic of the order may be easily seen with th» 
aid of a pocket lens. 
