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SCHIZÆA R U P E S T R I S.
FJLICES.— OsMUNDACEJE. Bl'., Kaulf. S c h i s m a t o p t e h i d r s . Willd.
G l e i c h e n i e æ . Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . S C H I Z Æ A , Sm. C a p s id oe o v a le s , s e s s i le s , a p ic e r a d i a t im s t r i a t o , b a s i in s e r tæ , in
a p p e n d i c e d iv is a te rm in a l i f r o n d i s d o r s a l e s . I n d u s i u m e m a r g i n ib u s in f le x i s a p p e n d ic i s c o n t
i n u u m , i n tu s l ib e r u m , B r .
ScHiZÆA r u p e s t r i s ; fro n d ib u s indivisis p lan is lin e a rib u s m a rg in e in te g e rrim is , a p p en d ic e p in n a ta
5— 8 -ju g a , in v o lu c ris inc isis. B r .
S c liizæ a ru p e s tris . B r . P ro d r . F l. N o v . H o ll. v. \ . p . \ 6 2 . S p r e n g . S y s t . V e g . v . 4. p . 30.
H ab. In N o v a H o lla n d ia ; ap u d P o r t J a c k s o n . B r o w n . I n sax is udis M o n tib u s C æ ru le is
[B lu e M o u n ta in s ) ra ris s im e . Fra s e r .
Ra d i.v e fìbris p lu rim is, rig id is, p le rum q u e s im p lic ib u s co nstans.
Caudex rep e n s , sq u am o su s, sq u amis n itid issim is, fuscis, su b u la tis.
Frondes ex eo d em p u iic to c au d ic is p lu rim æ , su b cæ sp ito sæ , sim plices, lin e are s, comp re ssoe, co statoe, in teg errim oe ,
om n in o g la b ræ , flexuosoe, b a s i in s ig n ite r a tte n u a tæ ; dig itale s, siirsum la tio re s ap ice u cn io ; fe r til e s
p a u lu lum lo n g io re s, a n g iis tio re s ve rsu s ap icem a tten u a tæ .
Appendices fh ic tif c a n te s te rm in a le s , p a llid e fuscoe, su b u n c iam lo n gæ , p in n a tæ , p in n is p e r p a riam a p p ro x im a tis
6— 8- vel 9-jug!s, magis m in u sv e se cundis, lin e a rib u s , n e rv o sis, mai-ginibus (seu in v o lu c ris) incisis.
C a p su la d u p lic i s e rie d isp o sitæ , pilis n u llis, ovatoe, su b g ib b o sæ , r e ticu la tæ , v e rtice rad ia tim stria to .
Semin a o p a ca , p a llid e vu-idia, oblo n g a , su b ren ifo rmia .
F ig . 1. P o r tio fro n d is, cimi ap p en d ic e fru c tífera , f, 2. P in n a seu la c in ia a p p en d ic is, cum c ap su lis. f. 3. Cap su la ,
f. 4. S em in a :— magn. auct.
F o u r spe c ie s o f th e cu rio u s a n d b e a u tifu l g e n u s S c h izoe a are en um e ra te d in th e P r o d r . F l . N o v .
H o l l . o f M r. B row n . T h e p r e s e n t in dividua l was firs t d iscove red by th a t em in e n t b o ta n is t, a n d
seems to be o n ly k n ow n to in h a b it th e v ic in ity o f P o r t J a c k s o n and th e B lu e M o u n ta in s .
Pi i y ' f :