Osmunda -Key to the Genus [Cont'd]

A)

Fertile fronds normally with no sterile pinnae; sterile pinnae with a tuft of hairs at the junction with the rachis; pinna lobes subacute to acute.

B)

Fertile fronds with sterile pinnae above and below the fertile pinnae; no tufts of hairs at the junction of pinnae and rachis; pinna lobes rounded.