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The apical cell of the stem is not quite so big as in other 
Botrychia (24). Its position, however, agrees quite well with 
the figure of Bruchmann (7). The initial of the second leaf 
is situated more or less at the top of the leaf, its position being 
very much like that in B. lunaria and not like that in B. virgini- 
anum. The procambium of the leaf trace is plainly visible. The 
Fig. 35. 
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third leaf can be seen as a protuberance to the left of the stem 
initial. The third root is already entirely developed at this 
stage. Again the root is ahead of the leaf in development. This 
contrasts markedly with B. obliquum in which the third or even 
the fourth leaf are partly formed before the second root can be 
traced. 
Fig. 23 shows a later stage in the development of the second 
