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covery of this remarkable form, has ventured the hypothesis 

 that in O. 'pendulum the sporangiophore may also be terminal. 

 In order to make a thorough investigation of the question, the 

 collections of material already referred to were made and the 

 results of this study and the conclusions to be drawn from it are 

 given in the present paper. 



THE GENERAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE 8P0R0PHYLL. 



and thvvv is evi<lentlv very miicli confusion as to the species. 



