Plates XI J. and XIII. 



THE SOFT PRICKLY SHIELD FERN 



(POLYSTICIIUM AXGULARE), 



POLYSTICHUM, Bath. Scfwtt 



Clusters of fyorwases circular, medial, rarely terminal on the venule* covered by an 

 inihrnitiin, or membranous Scale. A&rim orbicular, peltate, t. *, attached at 

 or near its centre, tlio margin becoming ftm Vein* pinnate-furcate; wjwfe 

 direct disunited at their extremities, the lower anterior one in each fascicle, on 

 the fertile porta of the frond, bearing a eorus. 



P-AKOULAitE: fronds biptonatc, lanceolate, lax; pinnule distinct, acute or obtuse 

 herbaceous, with an obtuso-anglcd lmse, and attached by a distinct stalk ; 

 lobed or serrated, the serratures tipped with a s a bristle ; son terminal or 

 subterminal. 



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 iV ™ - ' " W **V tfJiriiUk Frr** t U7. flfe tart. FOiom, *-$. 



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POLTtncmra HtAiMi, #&,<?**« JWwwp r m 



Aurora *,o rLllEC , A 7, rflW M& la WW™*, ^ Hatem*, v. 357. S-*i. Btftol Jto* ir, 278. 

 Swrfft S*ffiem*i to frytM rutt»y t t. 2770- 7/**frr ™f ,4r**/, 2fruf*<J JW 503- Atatla* Ffm 

 liftmic*, 330. " 



Ampira AcruATOf 4 Aj«m ( Www, 1£I8 (exct virion* *jaonjm»). 



AiNWrK ACtllXiTC* fi. ShiM, >7«ni fititen*it* y 1122. 

 AtPIDtni ACtfuUTL'H 7, IlftAftlir, /fcff, MfiMffib AYm, 21. 



A«ri»int Bjuvmr, o>ma«r, fflM JWtog*M#, i, o f t. J, 



A "TS "V 1 "*" 1 '' *"** *■*■ "* * ^ *"* * W , * i30: **"" -V^Wo«, ir. ltt; r. 30*. 



PoLiroouii IliWWPX, lvr*htl t ffo™ Awpti*wr«lk« r lttS. 

 PoMronra imnuafeAmr, 7/fJR™ ( &mt#M**d* J7« p i£ S (not Swart*). 

 Hutvomidi asqch™, VrU*,X*tii* JtormSmdomt M**iu** t l1tOi ^wording t» Kiuu*. 

 roLTroj»ic» UDUUTVll, ItWm, Floe* Jj^Um, 150. 



DTTOnUTU WKtXAn, Itoy, ErfUitio* Jt Jfo/rV. 2*C; ftrording to KilM* 



Tar. iKBfiiCATGM: fh>iuls linear-lanceolate ; pinna) short bhmtish ; pinnules roundish 

 oblong imbricated. 



Par. alatdm: fronds lanceolate rather small; pinnules decurrent with the winged 

 secondary rachides, teeth rounded bristle-pointed. (Plate X. fig. G.) 



Far, psolifekum; frond* lanceolate, lax, bi- or tri-pinnate; pinnules narrow, attenuated, 

 distinctly stalked; usually ducply-lobcd, with the lobes widely separated; 

 proliferous on the mollis. 



Var. TRiFiHHATOK; fronds ample lanceolate; pinme crowded ; pinnules imbricated, the 

 anterior basal one much elongated, distinctly pinnate the greater part of its 

 length, its pinnulota stalked. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



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 UTOIi fm, St M.rDia'n Hill, SitfMfi T .V. C, PoLT«ic»isi AXflULVM IllMtfLiUj f M i .VettlMonb^ 

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 E* Poltwicucm A>ovmt iKBftlttUVll i trovt Xutlkwoabo, Somc«cUhiw; a Ktwtly. 



PlATl XIII. — PoLTftflctu'u AJrOVLUil nrpTUnnrATUM (■oull); from St. Martial HH), Sum; ; R Jtt 8, PoLT#TI- 



cnc« AJfoiLAttt tnnniTimj fkim p4<uMD», Coniwnlli A' + J. low. C, PoLtiiicntrii axoi:l.«b rnuumtL'M 



HAinTAT^Thu tary bmutiful Fmt, vludi ddi^U u> »hcul/ wwU pUro, ii much k» KcncroJI; dutofatal llan 

 /'. 4c*U*lu* t tbdugli jirotuMy tnow cctamon Uu» it iti iHr »otilli of KsichiM and in Ir^hml It npm^n to ntend 

 «mr |b# whole or Eiifiliij.1 and Wtk^ b gntttar or Itm ]>n>Tu>ioii j nod tfofv «v tcntitr wwtd* of iU 00cu«vn«j in 

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 V ^1"- A, Smith. Id Ireland, it ia rqiurtol from nil (b« provintvn, nfid it wura In Jmcj. It* rtit^o in dmlfen 

 ii CWnpuUd hj Mr. Watnuit to bt» ( frota lU eQWl l«Rl| from 300 to oW fret. 



