A plant of the division Pteridophyta, i.e. a fern, horsetail, or clubmoss.
有管孢子植物
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There is not a hint of flower or bud to be seen, but this is not a flowering plant at all; it is a cryptogam, a vascular cryptogam, classed with ferns and horse-tails and club-mosses.
There are a few references worth checking out if you are interested in pursuing ferns and fern allies (the vascular cryptogams) further.
This manual describes all of the flowering plants and vascular cryptogams, both native and naturalized, occurring within the borders of British Columbia.