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POLYSTICHUM ANGULARE. 



to be found in various degrees of development, and was found 

 in Ireland by Mr. D. Moore. Fronds have been forwarded 

 both by Mr. Sim, of Foot's Cray, and Stansfield, of Todmorden. 



Aristatum, WoUaston and Moore. (Plate XV.) — Found in 

 Sussex by Mr. G. B. WoUaston, and subsequently near Burnley, 

 Lancashire, by Mr. Stansfield. A distinct and pretty Fern, of 

 slender habit, and having the pinnae less crowded than is usual 

 with Polystichum angulare. Its chief distinction consists in the 

 bristly points of the serratures being more developed than usual, 

 and tui'ning upwards, the long hair-like points giving the plant 

 a bristly appearance. The stipes is also proliferous. The frond 

 illustrated is from Mr. Wollaston's plant. 



Fis. 48. 



Proliferum, Moore, (knoAvn in some gardens as Polystichum 

 angulare, var. angustatum.) (Fig. 48.) — There are several forms 

 of this very handsome Fern : one found at Wimbledon, by Mr. 

 Choules; and another, a more elegant variety, near Ottery St. 

 Mary, in Devonshire, by Mr. WoUaston: the latter is a sub- 

 variety, known in gardens as Polystichum angulare, var. 

 Wollastoni. It is of lax habit, and very graceful in its growth, 

 having narrowed, attenuated, semi-depauperated (but not dis- 

 torted) tripinnatc pinnules, which are distantly lobed, profoundly 



