. Elementary botany . Fig. 240. Fig. 24;. Fig. 242. Fig. 243. Selaginella w i t h Fruiting spike Large spo- Small spo- three fruiting spikes, showing large and rangium. rangium. (Selaginella apus.) small sporangia. such usually having a beautiful metallic lustre. The leaves of some are arranged as in lycopodium, but many species have the leaves in four to six rows. Fig. 240 represents a part of a selaginella plant (S. apus). The fruiting spike possesses similar leaves, but they are shorter, and their arrangement gives to the spike a four- sided appearance,

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