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n. - Sole surviving family of the fern allies.

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  • The first cone also appears on the summit of the stem, like the terminal cone in the Equisetaceae and the Club-Mosses.
  • Equisetaceae also, in the tufts of little leaves which appear in whorls at regular intervals along the length of the stem in proportion as it elongates, reminding one of...
  • Lycopodiaceae which were probably arborescent, Equisetaceae, and tropical ferns; they present, however, a singular association of animal forms, consisting of Crustacea...
  • The Equisetaceae (horsetails) which also first appear in the Silurian and reach their maximum development in the Coal formation, are, in all succeeding formations, far...
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