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throws the spores violently away and returns to nearly its 

 normal position." 



Paraphyses, in the form of pointed hairs, often with a 

 glandular terminal cell, sometimes occur with the sporangia. 

 These in some Ferns, e. g., Aspidium filix-mas, are direct 

 outgrowths of the sporangium itself. 



