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quence of this abandonment of leaves as foliage, photosynthesis is 

 entirely a function of the green tissue of the stem. Many of the 

 older forms were leafy, but all Equisetales are characterized by the 



Figs. 332-338. — Equisetum arvense: 332, fertile branches from the dorsiventral 

 stem, each bearing a terminal strobilus, one of them mature; 333, sterile branch; 

 334, 33S> two views of a sporangiophore (so-called " sporophyll ") ; 336-338, spores, 

 showing the unwinding of the perinium. — After Wossidlo. 



