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S. — Unripe spore case of a fern (greatly magnified) 

 Sp. — ^The spore case burst and throwing Its spores 

 -The green growth that conies from a spore and which give rise to the little 

 fern plant (f) 



1. — Fern plant bearing a frond. Each division of the frond is called a pinnule 

 (plural, pinnsB) (P.). This frond is covered with dot-like masses which are the 

 spore cases (Sp.). At the base of the plant is a young frond (c) growing from the 



root stock (r) 

 2. — ^Pinnule of Dryopteris. 3. — Pinnse of Adlantum 

 4. — In certain ferns the leaflets or pinnse that bear spore cases are much changed, 

 as for example in Osmunda regalls, the Royal Fern 



