ci-h'Mix.inox 



2^H) 



taken to j)ieccs and examined. I sh.ill conclude 

 this chapter with a brief reference J 



to the spores or so-called seeds of 

 ferns and mosses. 



These are essentially different 

 from the seeds that ha\e formed 

 our stud}- in the earlier part of 

 this chapter, the\' do not contain 

 an embr\-o. Let us first notice 

 fern-spores, which we shall find in 

 abundance at the back of maiden- 

 hair and other fern fronds ; they 

 are contained in little brown 

 patches known as spore cases 

 (sporaugiitiii, from sponr, a spore, 

 and ags^ciofi, a vessel;. If we collect 

 some of these and sow them on 

 some \er\' fine damp earth, keep- 

 in*^ it at the same time shaded 

 and warm, the spores will soon 

 germinate. We shall not find a 

 radicle this time as the result of \ 



growth, but in its stead a flat 



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f. . , YOUNG n.ATK- 



expansion ot green tissue (jm'o- palm. 



