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with membranaceous edges. Just a1)ove tlie l)ase of each per- 

 fectly-developed leaf is a single very large si)orangium, sunk 

 more or less completely in a cavity (fovea), which in most 



Fig. 309. — A, Plant of Isoefes Bolandcri, Xi; B, base of a leaf with macrosporan- 



gium, X4; /, ligula; v, velum. 



Species is covered wholly or in part by a membranaceous indusi- 

 um (velum), and above the fovea is a scale-like outgrowth of 



