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A brief description of nine species of Hepaticae found in the vicinity of Iowa City by Mary F. Linder, 1886

A brief description of nine species of Hepaticae found in the vicinity of Iowa City by Mary F. Linder, 1886, Page 28

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[page]26.[/page] portion of the year, while spores are formed but once a year, viz., in early spring. Geminae are really buds capable of developing at once into new plants, and exhibit a wonderful provision in nature for the certain perservation [preservation?] of the species. The sexual organs are found in special long stalked receptacles on separate fronds and may be easily distinguished. The fertile receptacle PL.III.fig.1.a. is expanded umbrella shape, while the sterile receptacle is nearly disk-shape being flattened on the upper surface. The many points of resemblance between these organs and the fronds bespeak them what they are; viz. transformed branches.