pinnule of mature F roud-xipper side.
OSMUNDA EEGALIS.
L innteus . P l u m ie e . S c iiK u iiR . L i s d l e y and M o o r e .
J. S m it h . B o l t o n . J. E . S m it h . B a b in g t o n .
H o o k e r and A r n o t t . N ew m a n . D e a k in . S ow e e b y .
P r a t t . K a l e s . M a c r e ig h t . S p r e n g e l . K u n z e . L in k .
W il l d e n o w . O e d e r . E h r i ia r t .
P ] ;A T E I I I . V O L . V I I I .
Ap liyllo ca lp a regalis,
Stru th io p te ris regalis,
Osmunda filix -jlo rid a ,
F ilix laiifolia,
“ p a lu stris,
“ aquatica,
“ Jlorescens,
C a v a n i l l e s .
B e r n k a e d i .
L o b .
CO ED U S .
D0NON.EÜS.
D a l e c h a m p s .
D a l e c h a m p s .
OsmuTida—Derivation dubious, probably from the Saxon, Osmund.
R eg a lis—Boyal.
T h e Roya l F e rn , Osmund Roya l, or F low e rin g F e rn , is one
of our handsomest B ritish species.
A h a rd y indigenous p la n t, growing in wet or b o ggy situations.
A local, b u t w id e -sp re ad species, ex ten d in g from th e W e s t
of E n g la n d th ro u g h Scotland to th e S h e tlan d and W e s te rn
Islands. A common Irish F e r n ; native also of Je rsey .