Abstract

Of the 32 taxa examined, 13 contained 32 spores in each sporangium and are considered apo‐gamous, 14 were sexual species with 64 spores per sporangium, and 5 had 32 spores in some sporangia and 64 in others. When considered as a whole, the spores ranged in size from 29.9 to 74.88μ. Most species had oval or globose spores but several had tetrahedral spores. The spores of all were radially symmetrical. Almost all of the species possessed a crassimarginate type of laesura and all except C. cooperae and C. viscida had a perispore. The ornamentation of the perispore showed the following patterns: napate, granulate, psilate, lobate, foveate, and echinate. The exine pattern was predominantly psilate but foveate, rugulate, napate, and granulate conditions were observed. Seventeen taxa were found to have some degree of spore abortion.

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