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PLANT LIFE. 



Fig. 64. Fig. 65. 



Fig. 64.— Part of a plant of Blasia pusilla. The flattened lobed thallus is the 



gametophyte; the stalked capsules (one young, one bursted) are two sporophytes 



attached to it. Magnified 4 diam. — After Schiffner. 

 Fig. 65. — Gametophyte and sporophyte of Fossombronia cristata. The thallus is 



so deeply lobed that the divisions are usually called leaves. Magnified 15 diam. — 



After Schiffner. 



Fig. 66.— A, a gametophyte of Noteroclada, with a sporophyte attached. Natural 

 size. B, a part of the stem and a single leaf of the same, magnified about 10 diam. 

 — After Hooker. 



