Pinnule of mature Frond- upper side. 



OSMUND A REGALIS. 



Linnaeus. Plumier. Schkuhr. Lindley and Moore. 



J. Smith. Bolton. J. E. Smith. Babington. 



Hooker and Arnott. Newman. Deakin. Sowerby. 



Pratt. Ralfs. Macreight. Sprengel. Kunze. Link. 



wllldenow. oeder. ehrhart. 



PLATE III. VOL. VIII. 



Aphyllocalpa regalis, 

 Struthiopteris regalis, 

 Osmunda filix-jiorida, 

 Filix latifolia, 



" palustris, 



" aquatica, 



" Jlorescens, 



Cavanilles. 

 Bernhardi. 

 Lob. 



CoRDUS. 

 DODONiEUS. 



Dalechamps. 

 Dalechamps. 



Osmunda — Derivation dubious, probably from the Saxon, Osmund. 



Megalis — Royal. 



The Royal Fern, Osmund Royal, or Flowering Fern, is one 

 of our handsomest British species. 



A hardy indigenous plant, growing in wet or boggy situations. 



A local, but wide-spread species, extending from the West 

 of England through Scotland to the Shetland and Western 

 Islands. A common Irish Fern; native also of Jersey. 



