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Unpublished paper, 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Part II: Ophioglossaceae [adder's-tongue]' by F O [Frederick Orpen] Bower

Reference number: AP/78/1

Date: 1895

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The paper is divided into the following sections: a general introduction; 'Application of the analogy of septate anthers to the case of synangia of Pteridophyta'; 'Ophioglossaceae'; 'Ophioglossum'; 'Development of sporangia from the sporangiogenic band'; 'General morphology of the spike in the genus Ophioglossum'; 'Helminthostachys zeylanica (Hook)'; 'Abnormalities of Helminthostachys'; 'Botrychium'; 'Botrychium daucifolium (Wall)'; 'Abnormalities'; 'Attempt to trace sequences in the Ophioglossaceae'; 'Theory of the fertile spike of the Ophioglossaceae'; 'Discussion in evidence of septation'; and 'Do prototypes of the Ophioglossaceae exist among living plants?'.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes a note from the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society stating that the paper 'was passed by the Committee of Papers for the Transactions'.

Subject: Botany / Palynology

Received 15 October 1895. Read 5 December 1895.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 59 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Part. II. Ophioglossaceæ'.

An abstract of this paper was published by Bower in the Annals of Botany: Bower, Frederick Orpen. 'STUDIES IN THE MORPHOLOGY OP SPORE-PRODUCING MEMBERS.PART II : OPHIOGLOSSACEAE.' The Annals of Botany, volume os-10, number 1 (1896), pp. 100-105.

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AP/78/1
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1895
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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123 pages
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Typescript

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Frederick Orpen Bower

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Frederick Orpen Bower, Unpublished paper, 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Part II: Ophioglossaceae [adder's-tongue]' by F O [Frederick Orpen] Bower, 1895, AP/78/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_78_1/unpublished-paper-studies-in-the-morphology-of-spore-producing-members-part-ii-ophioglossaceae-adders-tongue-by-f-o-frederick-orpen-bower, accessed on 13 October 2024

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