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Fig. 3. Sewardiclla tuberifera. I, a young plant in side view x 2. II, a 
simple male plant showing antheridia and bracts, x 2. Ill, a forked male plant, 
x 2. IV, the same from below, x 2 V, a female plant, with sporogonium, x 2. 
VI, a female plant with three sporogonia within the perianth. VII, a plant in 
side view, showing scales and two young tubers at the apex, x 2. VIII, a 
plant branched rather early (/, one rudimentary inner wing ; b, bract). IX, 
perianth split open and spread out, x 50; the split in the middle is natural. 
X, beginning of perianth formation—the entire young perianth showing bracts 
in various stages, x 200. XI, an antheridium, x 200. XII—XIV, male 
bracts, x 200. XV, prothallus of Gymnogramme leptophylla, surface view, 
x 2. XVI, the same, side view, x 2. In all cases 2=the current year’s 
tubers ; 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate tubers 1, 2, 3, etc., years old. 
