OSMl.NDA. 407 



GENUS XVII. 



OSMUNDA. LiNNjEus. 



A smalIj family inhabiting' tlic temperate regions of the world, 

 and represented by a solitary English species. 



The fructification is more or less infiorescent, hence the name 

 Flowering Fern. 



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