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THE SOFT PRICKLY SHIELD FERN.
POLYSTICHUM ANGULARE.
P. fronds lanceolate, lax, horbaceo-ohartaoeous, bipinnate ; pinnules
distinct, oblong or ovato-subfalcate, auricled, bluntisb or acute, with
an obtuse-angled base, attached hy a distinct stalk, lobed or serrated,
the serratures tipped hy soft bristles ; sori terminal or subterminal.
[Plato X V III.]
PoLYSTicnuM ANGXTLAiiE, PtcsI, Tent. Pterid. 83. Newman, Uist. BrU. Ferns,
3 cd. 117. Dcakin, Florigr. Brit. iv. 95, fig. 1604. BaUngton, Man. B rit.
Bot. 4 ed. 423. Moore, Ilandh. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 85 ; Id ., Ferns o f Gt.
Brit. Nature Printed, t. 12 K. Sowerby, Femis o f Gt. B rit. Zl, I. 1?>. Fée,
Gen. Fil. 278.
P o l y s t i c i i u m ACULEATUM, A . Gray, Man. Bot. North. U. States, 632. Fée, Gen.
F il. 278.
P o ly s t i c i iu m s e t i f e r u m , Moore, Ferns o f Gt. B rit. Nature Printed, t. 12, in obs.
P o l y s t i c i i u m AFFINE, Wollaston, Phytol. n. s ., i. 439.
P olystichum orbiculatum, Gay, Hist. Civil, vi. 515.
P o ly s t i c i iu m B r a u n i i , Fée, Gen. F il. 278. {A variety.)
A sp id ium a n g u l a r e , Kitaibel MS. : Willdenow, Sp. Plant, y. 257. Smith, Eng.
FI. 2 ed. iv. 278. Sowerby, Supp. Eng. Bot. t. 2776. Hooker A Amott, Brit.
FI. 7 ed. 584. Maekay, FI. Hib. 339. Frws, Sum. Veg. 82, 252. Lowe,
Nat. Hist. Ferns, vi. t t . 23, 24. Nynmn, Syll. FI. Europ. 431.
A sp id ium a c u l e a t u m , Kunze, Flora, 1848, 359 {excl. v a r. s y n . ) -, Id ., L in .
x x iii. 224.
A s p id iu m a c u l e a t u m , i8., FI. Brit. 1 1 2 2 . Bentham, Ilandh. Brit. FI.
629. Ledebour, FI. Ross. iv. 513.
A sp id ium a c u l e a t u m , 7 . B r a u n i i , Doll, Rhein. FI. 21. A . Gray, Bot. North.
U. States, 2 ed. 599. {A variety.)
A sp id ium h a s t u l a t u m , Tenore, Sem. H. R. Neap. 1830 ; Id ., FI. Napol. iv.
139 ; V. 304, t. 250, fig. 1 ; Id ., Att. Acead. R . Inst. Sc. Nat. Nap. v.
' (re p r in t 26, t. 4, fig. 7}.
AvSPidium lo b a tu m , Loudon, Eneyc. o f Plants, 884.
A sp id ium lo b a tu m , v. a n g u l a r e , Mettenius, F il. Hort. Bot. Lips. 88.
A sp id ium o r b i c u l a t u m . Desvaux, Bcrl. Mag. v. 321.
A s p id iu m FUSCATUM, Willdenow, Sp. Plant. 256 (e x c l. s y n . )
A s p id ium pa u c ic u s p is , Sturm, Enum. F il. Chil. 33.
A s p id ium B r a u n i i, Spenner, FI. Frihurg. i. 9, t. 2. Kunze,'Flora, 1848, 362.
{A variety.)
P olypodium s e t if e r u m , Forskal, FI. Ægypi. Arab. 185.
P olypodium a pp en d icu la tum , Hoffmann, Deutschl. FI. ii. 8, (n o t Swartz).
P olypodium a n g u la r e , Fries, Novit. FI. Siwc. Mant. i. 2 0 ; a c co rd in g to
Ivunze.
P o ly p o d ium a c u l e a t u m , Hudson, FI. Ang. 459. Bory, Ess. Isles Fort. 311.
H y p o p e l t i s l o b u l a t a , Bory, Exp. de Morée, 286 ; a c co rd in g to Kunze.
T e c t a r i a e l o n g a t a , Cavanilles, An n . Cicnc. Nat. iv. 101 ; a c co rd in g to 'VVebb.
Var. imbricatum: fronds linear-lanceolate; pinnæ short,
bluntish; pinnules roundish or oblong, obtuse, bnstle-tipped, imbricated
; raohis proliferous below. [Plate XXI.]
POLTSTICIIXTM AKGULARE, V. IMBRICATUM, Moorc, Fcms o f Ot. Brit. Naluro
Prmlcd, t. 12 E ; Id ., JImidb. Brit. Perns, 3 ed. 85.
Var. rotundatum: fronds narrow lanceolate ; pinnæ short, blunt ;
pinnules few, round or roundish-oblong, obscurely crenate or sub-
ontiro, flat.
Var. alatum: fronds lanceolate; pinnules decurrent with the
winged secondary rachides, thoir teeth rounded, and bristle-pointed.
[Plate X X II.]
P o l y s t i c i i u m a n g u l a b e , v . a l a t u m , Moore, Periw o f Gt. Brit. Ncdme Pr inM ^
t. 10 C, in expl. (acntecitum on plate) ; and under t. 12 ; Id ., Handb. B n t.
Ferns, 3 ed. 8 6 . _ r, ^ ar^
P o l y s t i c h u m a c u l e a t u m , v . a l a t u m , Moore, Handb. B n t. Ferns, 2 e d . 86.
Var. confluens: fronds bipinnate below ; pinnules narrow, the
perfect ones linear acute, with an auricle, but the majority moro
or less depauperated, often cuneate, tho upper ones confluent into a
linear lobato-serrate apex; upper pinnæ ' liuoar-falcate auricled,
serrate. [Plate XXVI.]
P o l y s t i c i i u m a n g u l a r e , v . c o n f l u e n s , Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 94.
Var. gracile : fronds ovate-caudate, bipinnate, lax ; pinnules
narrow oblong or linear, acuto, scarcely auricled, distmot, inoiso-
serrate. [Plate XXV B.]
Var. grandidens : fronds bipinnate, narrow lanceolate, the pinnæ
irregularly abbreviated, often terminating in an abrupt flabellatoly-
lohate apex ; pinnules short, very coarsely inoiso-dentate, the teeth
subulate. [Plate XXV A.]
P o l y s t i c h u m a n g u l a r e , v . g r a n d i d e n s , Moore, Handb. Brit. Ferns, 3 ed. 94.
Var. plumosum : fronds ovate-lanceolate, tbin chartaceous,
hipinnate ; pinnules long staUmd, deeply inoiso-lobate, the lowest
auriouliform lobe distant almost stalked lobed or biserrate ; the lobes
all acutely aristate-serrate. [Plate XX F.]
P oLY B T ic n uM ANGULARE, V. PLUMOSUM, Moare, Uaiwlb. Brit. Ferns, 3
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