THE ПЕЕ HISTORY ОЕ FERNS I9 
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| or Oophore 
| Sporophore 
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Prothallus 
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| Fern Hat 
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Spore KS Na Sporangtum 
Apospory 
Zrothallus Zolyslichum Prothallus 
| Zsoetes Plant 
| Pera Plant or Sporophare 
Sexual Sexual 
E Organs Organs 
Fig. 8. 
Fig. т. Aposporous growths first observed on 4. f. f. Clarissima (magnified). 
Fig. 2. Growths of following year, and subsequently, markedly different, 
but yet producing prothalli on similar lines. 
Figs. 3-8 show the normal life cycle (Fig. 3), and variations of same 
and practically explain themselves. . 

