FILICES.— O sM ü N D A C EÆ . Bv., Kaulf. S c i i i s m a t o p t e r j d e s . JVilld.
G t EI c II e NIEÆ. Spreng.
G en . C h a r . S C H I Z Æ A , Sm. C a p s u læ o vales, se ssile s, apic e rad ia tim .striato, basi in s e rtæ , in
a p p en d ic e divisa te rm in a li fro n d is d orsa le s. I n d u s i u m e m a rg in ib u s inflexis ap p en d ic is contin
u um , in tu s lib e rum . B r .
ScHiZÆA ; fro n d ib u s indivisis lin c a r i-filifo n n ib u s s te rilib u s m u lto brev io rib u s s ic c ita te to r -
tu o s is in te g e rrim is , ap p e n d ic e p in n a ta su b q u in q u e ju g a , la c in iis o b lo n g o -lin e a rib u s cilia tis.
S c liizæ a p u s illa . P w s h , F l . N . A m . v . 2. p . 6 5 7 . N u i t . G e n . o f N . A m . P l . v . 2. p . 24g.
E a t o n , M a r m a i o f B o t a n y , p . 44 6 . S p r e n g . S y s t . V e g . v . 4 . p . 30.
H ab. P a lu d o s is , in te r sp h a g n a , A m e ricæ S e p te n trio n a lis , r a r is s im e : in u n o lo c o h n c u sq u c , u t
v id e tu r, le c ta , Q u a k e r -B r id g e d ic to , p ro v in c ia N o væ C æ s a reæ . E d d y (fide N u ttu llii).
R a d ix fib ro sa, fib ris s im p lic ib u s ftiscis subJoiige in te r mu sco s d e sce n d en tib u s.
Caudex om n in o n u llu s .
Frondes cæsp ito sæ, su b bifo rn ies , lin e ari-filifo rmes, g la b ræ , in te g e rrim æ ; sta-iles v ix d u a s un c ias lo n gæ , b a si a tte n
u a tæ , su rsum la tio res, fa lc ato-cu rv a toe , rig id iu sc u læ , s ic citate to rtu o sæ , g lau co -v irid es , v ix c ostatoe ; fe r tile s
d u p lo ü ùplove lo n gio re s, d igitale s, e re c tæ , b a si ap iceq u e a tten u a tæ .
A p p e n d ix fru c tific a n s v ix sem iu n c iam lo n g a , p in n a ta , p in n is p e r p a ria d isp o sitis su b q u in q u e ju g is, se cu n d is , ob lo n g o -
lin e a rib u s , d o rso co nvexis, m e d io c o statis, co sm h in c p rom m e n te , m a rg in ib u s seu in v o lu c ris ciliatis.
C a p su la in d u a s lin e as disp o sitæ, m a ju sc u loe , ovatoe, h in c g ib b o sæ , reticu la toe , a p ic e rad ia tim stria to .
Semin a ren ifo rm i-cy lin d ra ce a, o p a ca , obscui-e p a llid e v iridia.
F ig . 1. P l a n ta :— magn. 'nat. in sp h a g n a p ro v en ie n s. f. 2. E a d em ¡— mag«, nwri. f. 3. P in n a ap p en d ic is fructifi-
c antis. f 4. Cap su la , f. 5. S em in a :—magn. auct.
M r . Pur.sh se ems to co n s id e r th a t th e m iim te iic s s o f th is p la n t may h av e c au s ed i t in m an y cases
to h e p a s s ed b y u n o b s e rv e d : b u t h ith e r to wc believe n o o n e h a s d e te c te d it e x c e p t in th e sp o t
w h e re it was o rig in a lly discove red, as we le a rn f rom M r. N u tta ll, b y D r. E d d y o f N ew Y o rk .
O u r sp e c im en s were g a th e r e d by D r. T o rre y , w h o in fo rm s u s th a t th e s p o t (Q u a k e r-B rid g o , in
B u r lin g to n C o u n ty , N ew J e rs e y ) is th ir ty -o n e mile.s N .W . f rom P h ila d e lp h ia :— so th a t it grow.s
fu r th e r from th e tro p ic s th a n any spe c ie s o f th e g e n u s we a re y e t a c q u a in te d with.