Excerpt from The Kansas University Quarterly, 1901, Vol. 10: Series A, Science and Mathematics

The bodies may be readily removed from the frond and imbedded and sectioned by grinding. On touching the epidermis with moulding wax many Of them adhere and may be transfer-red to the desired media for sectioning. The author used for this purpose, hardened balsam and sealing wax. Of the numerous sections made none showed conclusive evidence of cellular structure - the one remaining point necessary to prove that the bodies are sporangia. Irregular markings resembling cell walls are often seen, but noth ing definite. Thin sections under a high. Power appear minutely granular with redish-yellow granules: Chemical test Shows the presence of iron, and other appearances suggest iron oxide as their probable composition.

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