4, OSMUNDA Lobel. 1570. 
This name seems to be of French origin. ** Vulgo 
Osmunda in Belgio dicitur” . . (Dodon. Hist. 461. 
1583.) . .‘**a@ Gallis Osmunde”’. . (Dalech. Hist. 
1225. 1586.) Zhe plant was possibly named in honor 
of St. Osmonde one of the followers of William the 
Congueror, and afterwards bishop of Salisbury. 
Robust plants growing in large clusters. Rootstock 
ascending or nearly erect. Leaves 2-pinnatifid to 2-pin- 
nate. 
} Leaves 2-pinnate, upper portion fertile. 
1, O. regalis L. hig Mc 
filix Virginiana, non dentata, florida, folits 
alternis. . Pluk. 1692. Phyt. t. 181.f 4. 
filix florida, seu Osmunda regalis. . . Gron. 
JOBE WWArsHees 8p 
Osmunda regalis L. Sp. Pl. 1065. Hatcn, 1€48. 
Ferns N. Am. 1: 209. t. 28; in Gray Man. 693. 
Underw. in I. Fl. 1:5; Nat. Ferns 77; in Britt. 
Man, 4. Clute, Ferns 32. Waters, Ferns 298. 
OsMUND THE WATERMAN. Rovar Fern. 
Plants 1 m. or higher ; rootstock stout, bearing a cluster 
of 2-pinnate leaves; pinnules cblong or lanceolate-ob- 
long, sessile or nearly so, very variable. 
In wet, shaded places. May-August. 
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