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LAKE COUNTRY. 
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Trichomaninese — fructification marginal, that is, 
having the spore-cases on the edges of the frond ; 
sori produced around tho ends of veins projecting 
from the frond-margins, and surrounded by urn- 
shaped membranes, expansions of the frond : two 
genera — * Trichomanes , Hymenojo hy Hum. 
Osmundinese — fructification marginal-paniculate, 
that is, having the spore- cases on the edges of 
distinct stalks, or in irregular dense branching 
clusters, terminating the fronds : one genus — 
Osmunda. 
Fructification paniculate, in irregularly branching 
clusters, spicate, or sessile (sitting close to the stem 
without any sensible stalk) in two ranks on a simple 
spike, terminating a separate branch of the frond : two 
genera Botrychium, Ophioglossum. 
OPHIOGLOSSACEiE. 
* See note at page 14. 
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