Type and only species:

The original description, of which an almost verbal translation into English appeared two years later in the second of the above-named publications, is rather short and very incomplete, which is probably why this peculiar fern has never drawn the attention of other Pteridologists. Therefore a more complete description is given. Rhizome apparently short-creeping (only short pieces present), stout, ca. iy 4 cm in diam., solenostelic; scales lanceolate, acuminate, evenly golden-brown, non-clathrate, up to 5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, with up to ca. 18 rows of cells at the base; similar scales Schizoloma stortii v. A. v. R., but in the author’s opinion the genus Schizoloma Gaud., typified by Lindsaea ensifolia Sw., cannot be maintained (Kramer, 1957). Almost all species that in modern works have been left in it (e.g. HOLTTUM, 1954; ALSTON, 1956, as Schizolegnia) should be put back in Lindsaea. This, however, cannot be done with Sch. stortii, as this species possesses