GROUP 11 



FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE, THE FERTILE 

 PORTION UNLIKE THE REST OF THE FROND 



S. ROYAL FERN. FLOWERING FERN 



Osmunda regalis 



New Brunswick to Florida, in swampy places. Two to five feet 

 high, occasionally taller. 



Sterile fronds. — Twice-pinnate, pinnce cut into oblong pinnules. 

 Fertile fronds. — Leaf-Hke below, sporangia forming bright- 

 brown clusters at their summits. 



Perhaps fhis Royal oi Flowering Fern is the 



most beautitul member of a singularly beautiful 



group. When its smooth, pale - green sterile 



fronds, grown to their full heigh*, form a grace- 



ful crown which encircles the fertile fronds, it is 



truly a regal-looking plant. These fertile fronds 

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