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{| align="center" FERTILE PORTION UNLIKE REST OF FROND
 * GROUP II
 * FERTILE FRONDS PARTIALLY LEAF-LIKE,
 * } The following lines from Wordsworth point to still another origin of the generic name:

The Royal Fern may be cultivated easily in deep mounds of rich soil shielded somewhat from the sun.