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STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



bearing leaves are called sporophytts, and plants that bear 

 sporophylls are called sporophytes. 



144. Types of Foliage-leaf. In some ferns the foliage- 

 leaf presents a simple, unbranched blade, and petiole; 

 but in other species the blade is variously branched. In 

 such cases the larger, primary divisions are called pinna, 



FIG. 1 1 6. Fern leaves, showing various degrees of subdivision or branch- 

 ing of the blade. >A, Phyllitis; B, Poly podium; C, Pteris; D, Adiantum. 



and the secondary subdivisions pinnules. Illustrations 

 of these various types are shown in Fig. 116. 



145. Sporangia. As noted above each sporangium con- 

 sists of a spore-case borne on a stalk (Fig. 117). The struc- 

 ture of the case varies considerably in various groups of 

 ferns, but it usually possesses walls only one cell thick, with 



