40 OUR NATIVE FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



106. Snlviiiia (Fig. 30), recently discovered in Missouri, 

 has the sporocarps borne in clusters on short branches of the 

 floating stem, one or two of each cluster bearing ten or more 

 macrosporangia, each of which contains a single macrospore, 

 the remainder bearing numerous globose microsporangia with 

 numerous microspores. 



1 07. Germination. — In Marsilea the antherozoids arc 

 produced in a rudimentary prothallium which develops from the 

 microspore and are corkscrew-shaped, consisting of several 

 coils. The prothallium, developed from the apex of the ma- 

 crospore is a hemispherical mass of tissue, and contains a sin- 

 gle archegonium. Much is yet to be learned of the habits and 

 life-history of our native species. 



LITERATURE. 



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Campbell (D. H.). The systematic position of the Rhizo- 

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