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GROUP I; GENUS XII; SPECIES II. 
POLYSTICHUM ANGULARE. (Soft Shield Fern.) 
Plate XVI. 
Fronds. Lanceolate, bi-pinnate, soft in texture. 
Pinnae long and tapering. Pinnules blunt 
at apex, auricled at base, attached to the 
rachis by a distinct, slender foot-stalk, and 
lobed or serrated on the margin, each lobe 
or serrature furnished with a long spine. 
Rachis and stipes scaly throughout; the 
latter about one-third the length of the entire 
frond. 
Growth. Flexible and drooping. Fronds issuing in 
a circular cluster from the crown. 
Height. F'rom two to four feet. 
Colour. Dark green. 
Habitats. Hedgerows and woods. Very generally 
distributed. 
(See also page 55.) 
GROUP I; GENUS XII; SPECIES III. 
POLYSTICHUM LONCHITIS. (Holly Fern.) 
Plate XVII. 
Fronds. Linear-lanceolate, pinnate, leathery in tex¬ 
ture. Pinnules auricled on the upper side, 
which gives them something of a crescent 
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