. Elementary botany . Ostrich fern transformed. Fig. 449. showing one normal sporophyll, one partly transformed, and one completely retain moisture, and they also catch leaves and other vegetable matter which falls from the trees. In this position the leaves decay and then serve as food for the fern.

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