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hedgebanks ; hillsides, amongst shrubs and broken 

 rocks ; the long, sloping sides of cuttings which border 

 roadsides in hilly country ; and the hedgebanks which 

 run on either side of roadways. Polystichum angulare 

 is oftentimes found in great abundance. 



WHERE FOUND. In England, in the counties of 

 Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, 

 Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucester, Hants (the 

 mainland and the Isle of Wight), Hereford, Hertford. 

 Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, Middlesex, 

 Norfolk, Northumberland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, 

 Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts, 

 Worcester, and York. In Wales, in the counties of 

 Anglesea, Brecknock, Caermarthen, Caernarvon, Car- 

 digan, Denbigh, Flint, Glamorgan, Pembroke, and 

 Radnor. In the Isle of Man. In Scotland, only in the 

 counties of Ayr, Argyle, Berwick, and Roxburgh. In 

 Ireland, in the counties of Antrim, Clare, Cork, Dublin, 

 Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wicklow. 

 Also in the Arran Isles. It grows also in Jersey and 

 Guernsey. It is found growing at various heights up to 

 two thousand five hundred feet above the sea-level. 



XXIV. THE HOLLY FERN. 



Polystichum lonchitis. 

 (Plate VIII., Figs. 3 and 4, page 63.) 



LENGTH OF FROND. Six inches to two feet. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Roots fibrous, wiry, tough. 

 Rootstock, a tufted, somewhat thick cormus. Fronds 

 narrowly lance-shaped, evergreen, rigid, leathery, spiny, 

 simply pinnate, each frond strongly resembling a pinna 



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