Fig. 862. — Pinnule of mature frond, upper side. 



OSMUNDA REGALIS. 



LlNN^US. 



The Royal Fern. 



PLATE LXXIV. 



Osmunda regalis. 



Aphyllocalpa regalis, 

 Struthiopteris regalis. 



LiNNiEUS. Bolton. Smith. Ghay. 

 Hooker and Arnott. Mackay. 

 Moore. Newman. Babingtoit. 

 Deakin. Sowerby. Bentham. 



SCHKUHR. SwAUTZ. WiLLDENOW. 



Speengel. Presl. Nyman. 

 Ledebour. Fries. Koch. 

 Sturm. E. J. Lowe 

 c.4vanilles. 

 Bernhardi. 



Osmunda — Said to be in commemoration of Osmund, 



a waterman of Loch Tyne, who is related to have hid his wife and daughter 



on an island lake covered with this Fern. Regalis — lloyal. 



This most interesting and majestic species grows usually 

 at or near the sea-level, and is seldom found exceeding tliree 

 hundred feet in elevation. 



It is a native of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Hants, 

 Dorset, Wilts, Sussex, Middlesex, Surrey, Bucks, Essex, Suffolk, 



