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Choice Ferns for Amateurs. 
ASPIDIVM— continued. 
nature (Fig. 69). These fronds are densely furnished with 
dark shining green leathery leaflets, subdivided into leafits 
that are somewhat heart-shaped but terminate in a sharp 
bristle, and so closely set as to be in some cases quite over- 
lapping. Hardy in sheltered positions in the West and 
South of England. Synonymous with Polystichum setosum. 
Fig. 69. Aspidium setosum, a species remarkable for its lasting 
qualities, and one that is hardy in favoured parts of England. 
A. triang^ulare laxum. 
A garden name for a Fern with elegant, long, and very 
narrow drooping fronds. On account of its leathery texture 
it is useful for decoration. It is synonymous with Poly- 
tichum xijohiodes. 
A. triang^ulum ilicifolium. 
A greenhouse variety, native of Northern India. Its 
fronds, 6in. to 9in. long and lin. to 2in. broad, are borne on 
slender stalks lin. to 2in. long, clothed throughout with large 
scales of a light brown colour. The leaflets are about lin. 
longj abruptly pointed at their extremity (Fig. 33), and cut 
