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PLANT LIFE. 



FIG. 64. 



FIG. 65. 



FIG. 64. Part of a plant of Blasia pusilla. The flattened lobed thallus is the 



gametophyte; the stalked capsules (one young, one bursted) are two sporophytes 



attached to it. Magnified 4 diam. Alter Schiffner. 

 FIG. 65. Gametophyte and sporophyte of Fossombronia cristata. The thallus is 



so deeply lobed that the divisions are usually called leaves. Magnified 15 diam. 



After Schiffner. 



FIG. 66. A, a gametophyte of Noteroclada, with a sporophyte attached. Natural 

 size. B, a part of the stem and a single leaf of the same, magnified about 10 diam. 

 After Hooker. 



