| Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair. |
| Fill the base with gravel, place the potted plants on top of the gravel and cover the surface with sphagnum moss or osmunda fibers. |
| The origin of the generic name osmunda seems somewhat obscure. |
| It was under a branch of this osmunda regalis that the Irish princess lay hidden, they say, till she had evaded her pursuers. |
| A typical, mature Osmunda cinnamomea gametophyte was cordate and without trichomes. |
| There is great diversity of opinion upon the derivation of the name osmunda. |
