Polystichum Angulare, Newman. 
Aspidium Angulare, Smith. 
WILDENOW’S FERN. 
Root — Radicles long, wiry, and penetrating ; caudex 
stout and tufted, profusely covered with brown scales. 
Frond — Drooping, lanceolate, bipinnate : curved as a 
feather. 
Stipes — Short, about one-fourth the length of the frond, 
thick at the base, densely covered with reddish scales ; the 
scales are continued the whole length of the frond, both on 
the main and secondary rachis. 
Pinnae — Alternate, linear, distant, lanceolate, pinnate ; 
curving upwards at the apex. 
Pinnules — Stalked, ovate-lanceolate, forming an obtuse 
angle with the stalk, margin serrated, each serrature termi- 
nating in a spine ; the upper basal lobes are auricled, some- 
times so deeply as to make the pinnule pinnate. 
Venation — Mid vein sinuous, lateral veins alternate, 
forked, terminating at the point of the serratures. 
Fructification — Clusters with a jagged involucre, the 
capsules of a beautiful red color when in perfection. 
Habitat — Frequent in woods and hedges. 
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