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CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. 
389. OSiVIUNDA. Gen. pi. 1622. 
Capsules subglobose, pedicellate, striate, se- 
mi-bivalvular and panicnlated. Indusium 
none. — JSTutt. 
cinnamomeai 1 . 0. stcrilc frond pinnate ; pinnse pinnatidd ; seg- 
ments ovate-oblong, obtuse, very entire stipe 
woolly, the fructifications bipinnate, woolly. — 
Wind. 
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* 0. fronds pinnate, glabrous ; pinnse opposite, 
pinnatifid ; segments oblong, acute, very entire ; 
pinnse somewhat intervening between the fruc- 
tification. — JVilld. 
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. 
spectabiiis. 3. O. frond bi-pinnate ; piunulse oblong, somewhat 
obtuse, narrowly serrulate, truncate, and une- 
qual at the base, all alternate ; panicle bipin- 
nate, bearing fruit at the top of the frond. — 
Willd. and Mich, 
0. regalis, /3. Sp. PI. 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. 
