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POLYSTICHUM ANGULAEE. Presl. 
f Angular or Soft Prickly Shield Fern.) 
SY^fONYMES. 
PoLYPODiuM Aculeatum. LigMfoot, Hudson. 
Aspidiijm Angitlare. Willdenowj Smithy Mackie. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caudex tufted, Trith. long strong rootlets. 
Frond lanceolate, twice pinnate ; pinnules distinctly 
stalked and lobed at the base, and toothed, each tooth 
ending with a spine. The main stalk densely covered 
with rusty scales, as are those of the pinnse, and nearly all 
the back of the frond. It appears about April, and in 
sheltered places is evergreen, and from a foot to three feet 
high. 
Veins much branched. 
Spore Cases arranged as in the two preceding plants. 
This is a most beautiful and graceful plant growing in 
dense tufts, with the fronds drooping outwards, and of a 
pale green. It is very easily distinguished from the other 
prickly ferns, as shown under P. aculeatum. 
LOCALITIES. 
Nostel. (Mr. Watson, Ackworth.) ® 
Plate VI. 
