File:EB1911 Horsetail.jpg

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English: Botanical drawing of a horsetail (Equisetum arvense). See legend below.
Date published 1911
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 13, 1911, “Horsetail,” p. 738.
Author artist signatures illegible
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
English: Legend:
Equisetum arvense.
A, Fertile shoot, springing from the rhizome, which also bears tubers; the vegetative shoots have not yet unfolded.
B, C Sporophylls bearing sporangia, which in C have opened.
D, Spore showing the two spiral bands of the perinium.
E, Dry spores showing the expanded spiral bands.
F, Sterile vegetative shoot.
(A, F, reduced.   B, C, D, E, enlarged.)

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current18:07, 7 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 18:07, 7 November 2016861 × 1,386 (353 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Botanical drawing of a horsetail (''Equisetum arvense''). See legend below.}} |Source =''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.), v. 13, 1911, “Horsetail,” p. 738. |Author =artist signatures ille...