206 CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. 
389. OSMUNDA. Gen. pl. 1622. 
Capsules subglobose, pedicellate, striate, se- ) 
mi-bivalvular and paniculated. Indusium 
none.— NVuit. 
cinnamomeas 1, Q, sterile frond pinnate ; pinne pinnatifid ; seg- 
ments ovate-oblong, obtuse, very entire; stipe 
woolly, the fructifications bipinnate, woolly.— 
Willd. ; 
Icon. Schk. filic. t. 146. 
Cinnamon Fern. Tall Osmunda. 
A large fern, with long ferruginous fructificatory spikes. 
In all low meadows, bogs, and in the borders of streams and 
ditches. Common. Perennial. June. 
interrupta, 2 QO. fronds pinnate, glabrous; pinne opposite, 
pinnatifid ; segments oblong, acute, very entire; 
pinne somewhat intervening between the fruc- 
tification. — Willd. 
O. basilaris, Sprengel. Anlitung. 3. p. 160. 
Icon. Schk. filic. t. 144. 
Interrupted Osmunda. 
Same size as the preceding, and found in similar places, and 
in woods. Easily known by the interrupted spikes of fructifi- 
cation. Common. Perennial. June, July. 
spectabilis, 3. O. frond bi-pinnate ; pinnulze oblong, somewhat 
obtuse, narrowly serrulate, truncate, and une- 
qual at the base, ail alternate; panicle bipin- 
nate, bearing fruit at the top of the frond.— 
Willd. and Mich. 
O. regalis, @. Sp. Pl. 1521. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 184. f. 4. 
Royal Osmunda. Flowering Fern. 
Grows always in bogs, swamps and meadows. A very ele- 
gant fern, with brownish fruit proceeding from the top of the 
frond. Common. Perennial. July. 

