POI.YSTICHrM AXCrLARE. 



9*5 



The textijj'e thin and paper-like. The pinnules rounded and 

 slightly anricled, and margined with short teeth. Like most 



Fig 61. 



of the multifid forms of Polystichum angularc, in cultivation 

 this variety generally produces cristulae. I am indebted to 

 Mr. Stansfield for fronds. 



LiNEARE, Moore and Clapham, (Conjiuens, Moore, and 

 Supralineatum, AVoUaston.) (Plate X\TII.) — Found in Jersey, 

 by Mr. James, of Vauvert, and in Ireland, by Mr. S. Foot. 

 Conjiuens, the Irish plant, seems to be more d^varf than that 

 found in the Channel Islands. The latter has fronds from two 

 to three feet in length. The form of the fiond is ovate- 

 acuminate. The pinnae narrow, interrupted, and alternate; 

 they are symmetrically changed, the upper ones to a linear- 

 falcate outline, profoundly serrate, and having a very large 

 auricle. The pinnides much depauperated, opposite, or sub- 

 opposite, and entirely confluent; the lower more divided, with 

 ii'regular, cuneate, sub-auriculate, aristate pinnules. 



In the Jersey Fern the pinnules are very much contracted. 

 Rachis and stipes very scaly. The apex of the frond quite 



