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Paper, 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Preliminary statement on the lycopodinae and ophioglossaceae' by Frederick Orpen Bower

Reference number: PP/18/14

Date: 1891

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Bower writes: 'It is currently held that the sporophyte, or neutral generation in archegoniate plants, is the result of elaboration of the zygote: that while in certain Algae the zygote simply divides to form a number of spores (carpospores), in the lower Bryophyta there has been a differentiation of an external, sterile, and protective wall, distinct from the internal mass of spores. The higher Bryophyta show a larger proportion of sterile tissue, which in them composes the seta, columella, and wall, while the sporogenous tissue is comparatively reduced in bulk, though still forming one united band.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Botany / Mycology

Received 27 November 1891. Read 17 December 1891.

A version of this paper was published in volume 50 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Preliminary statement on the lycopodinæ and ophioglossaceæ'.

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PP/18/14
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1891
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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19 pages
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Frederick Orpen Bower

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Frederick Orpen Bower, Paper, 'Studies in the morphology of spore-producing members. Preliminary statement on the lycopodinae and ophioglossaceae' by Frederick Orpen Bower, 1891, PP/18/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_18_14/paper-studies-in-the-morphology-of-spore-producing-members-preliminary-statement-on-the-lycopodinae-and-ophioglossaceae-by-frederick-orpen-bower, accessed on 14 October 2024

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