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SCHIZÆA DICHOTOMA.
F ILIC ES.— O sM Ü K D A C E JE . J3l-.. Kaulf. S c in SM A T O P T E E ID E S . Willd.
G e n . C i ia e . S C H I Z Z A , Sm. CapmltB ovales, s e ssile s, .ipiee ra d ia tim s tr ia to , b a s i in s e rta i, m
a p p en d ie e d ivisa te rm in a li fro n d is d o rsa lc s. I n d m iu m e m a rg ln ib n s In liex ls a p p e n d ic is c o n -
tin u iim , in tu s lib c riim . B r .
ScHiziEA iic h a lm ta s f ro n d ib u s om n ib u s p ln rie s d ic h o tom is , la c in iis lin e a rib u s c o s ta tis apic e a ttc -
n u a tls , ap p en d ic ib n s p in n a tis id s c e n d c n tib n s , in v o lu c ris c r in itis . B r .
S ch iz a ia d ich o tom a . Sarartd. S y n . F il. f . 150. “ W t ó . A c t . A c a i . E r f o r i . 1 8 0 2 . ; . . 3 0 . t. 3 . / . 2 .”
fV tUd. S p . P I . V. 5. p . 8 7 . Sm ith in R e e s Cycl. B r o w n P r o d r . F l. N o v . H a ll. p . 1 6 2 .
“ R ip id ium d ic h o tom um . B e r n h a r d i in S ch ra d . J o u m . 1800. 2 . p . I 2 7 . t. 2 . f. 3.
A c ro s tic h um d ic h o tom um . L in n . S p . P l . p . 1525.
“ F ilix co ch in e . P e tiv . G a zo p h . t. 7 0 . / 1 2 .”
H a b . I n In d ia O rie n ta li, C h in a , in su la M a u r itii, M a d a g a s c a r, B o rb o n ia . Carmichael. N o v a
H o lla n d ia , in tr a tró p ic o s . B r o w n .
R a d ix e fibris paucis, nigris, flexuosis, simplicibus, crassiusculis.
Stipites 4—G-imciales, erecti, basi teretes, apice compressi.
Frauda, cii-cu7scriptione snbflabelliformes, repetitim dicliotomoe laciniis linearibns, compressis, coriaceis medio
costatis, glabris, plerumque Imvibus, nunc, praicipue in speciminibus e Nova Hollandia, marginibus costaqne
dorso asperis, apicibus obtusis.
Appendices frucùficantes recurvæ, profunde pinnatifidæ, a tria ad decern pa ria ; in U'ibus ad quinqué paribus dis-
positæ, opposite Iineares semiteretes, intus costa margineque pilosoe, ultime breviores.
Capmlee duplici serie, costa utrinque, disposite, sessiles, ovales, pulcberrime reticulatoe, ad verticem radiatæ, longitudinaliter,
ad latus iiiferius (i. e. versus basin segmentorum) dehiscentes.
Semina oblonga.
E g . 1. Appendix fruclificans. f. 2. Ejns lacinia cum capsulis. f. 3. 3. Capsulai, f. i . Semina mici.
M r. B row n , in h is a tb n ir ib lc P r o d r a n u s F lc rat N ova: H ollandia;, m e n tio n s th a t th is p la n t is liable
to g re a t v a ria tio n b o th in r e g a rd to th e n nm b e r o f p in næ , o f w h ich th e f ru c tify in g a p p e n d a g e is
com p o sed , a n d to tlic ro u g h n e s s o f th e fro n d . S ir J am e s Sm ith , to o , m e n tio n s a n O ta h e lta n
v a rie ty , o r, as h e Is in c lin ed to th in k , a d is tin c t spe c ie s, w h ich h e w o u ld call A. fa s t ig ia ta , h a v in g
“ th e s e gm e n ts o f its fe rtile fro n d s le v e l-to p p e d a n d ex c e ed in g ly n um e ro u s , th e ap p e n d a g e s u n ifo rm ly
fo u r p a ir, as n e a rly as p o s s ib le , in e a ch sp ik e , all o f th em e re c t a n d p a ra lle l, n o t d iv a ric a ted , n o r
a rc th e sp ik e s r c c u n 'c d .” W c h av e re c e iv ed w h a t we c o n s id e r to h e th e same p la n t, f rom th e E a s t
In d ia C om p an y , n am e d b y D r . W a llic h S . dichotoma : h u t h e r e th e a p p e n d a g e s a rc n o t o u c - fo n r th
th e siz e o f th o s e wc have figured.
T h e sp e c im en s h e r e re p r e s e n te d w e re s e n t to u s from th e M a u r itiu s b y M . B o je r.