. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. ferns growing in largecrowns from strong, thickened rootstocks; the fruitingportion of the fertile frond nuich contracted and quiteunlike the sterile. Sporangia large, globular, short-stalked, borne on the margin of the divisions and openinginto two valves by a longitudinal slit. Ring obscure.(From Osmunder, a name of the god Thor.) (1) Flowering Fern, Royal Fern,Osmunda regalis- Osmiinda rci/alis, yiit. Fronds pale green, one to six feet high; sterile partbipinnate, each pinna ha^?ing numerous pairs of
. The fern lover's companion; a guide for the Northeastern States and Canada. ferns growing in largecrowns from strong, thickened rootstocks; the fruitingportion of the fertile frond nuich contracted and quiteunlike the sterile. Sporangia large, globular, short-stalked, borne on the margin of the divisions and openinginto two valves by a longitudinal slit. Ring obscure.(From Osmunder, a name of the god Thor.) (1) Flowering Fern, Royal Fern,Osmunda regalis- Osmiinda rci/alis, yiit. Fronds pale green, one to six feet high; sterile partbipinnate, each pinna ha^?ing numerous pairs of lance-oblong, .serrulate pinnules alternate along the panicle of the frond six to twehe inches long,brown when mature and sometimes leafy. A magnificent fern, universally admired. Well namedby the great Linnfeus, regalis, royal, indeed, in its type ofqueenly beauty. The wine-colored stij)es of the uncoilingfronds shooting up in early spring, lifting gracefully theirpink pinnae and pretty panicles of bright green spore cases, 178 The Ferx Lovers Cojipanion. ;\al or FUiweriug Fern. 0. places. Ne^x-foundlandto Airoinia and northwestward.
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