Ophioglossum
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Read about Ophioglossum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Ophioglossum (Greek, serpent's tongue). Ophioglossaceae. About 40 species of small plants allied to true ferns, of wide distribution. The sts. are subterranean, small, bearing usually a single erect succulent If. which consists of a petiole, an expanded simple blade, and a contracted fertile spike bearing 2 rows of fleshy coalescent sporangia; venation reticulate. Rather difficult of cult., and mainly of interest as curiosities.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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