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rusty hairs on their stems. The fertile stems are co- 
vered with dense white wool. This fern is found both 
in North and South America, and in the East and West 
Indies. 
Osmunda gracilis . Slender Osmunda. Smaller, with 
large leaflets of delicate texture; it grows as high as 
2 feet, and is of fragile appearance though quite hardy. 
Osmunda spectabilis. Showy Osmunda . Resembling 
our native species, but not more than half its size ; it 
has a purplish tinge in youth. 
Osmunda punctiloba. Dotted Osmunda. Graceful and 
slender, much divided, and with minute leaflets, in 
general appearance resembling the Lady-fern. A native 
of the United States and Canada. 
