. Elementary botany. Botany. CHAPTER XXVII. FERNS CONTINUED. Gametophyte of ferns. 549. Sexual stage of ferns.—We now wish to see what the sexual stage of the ferns is like. Judging from what we have found to take place in the liverworts and mosses we should infer. Fig i„7. Prothallium of fern, under side, showing rliizoids, antheridia scattered among and near them, and the archegonia near the sinus. that the form of the plant which bears tlie sexual organs is de- veloped from the spores. This is true, and if wc sliould examine old decaying logs, or decaying wood in damp places in the near 262
. Elementary botany. Botany. CHAPTER XXVII. FERNS CONTINUED. Gametophyte of ferns. 549. Sexual stage of ferns.—We now wish to see what the sexual stage of the ferns is like. Judging from what we have found to take place in the liverworts and mosses we should infer. Fig i„7. Prothallium of fern, under side, showing rliizoids, antheridia scattered among and near them, and the archegonia near the sinus. that the form of the plant which bears tlie sexual organs is de- veloped from the spores. This is true, and if wc sliould examine old decaying logs, or decaying wood in damp places in the near 262. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York : H. Holt
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