(from the article `fern`) ...in sporocarps (nutlike receptacles) along petiole; heterosporous.Family MarsileaceaeThree generaMarsilea (waterclover), Pilularia, ... ...years old have been grown successfully to give rise to new sporophytes. Marsilea, with about 50 species, has cloverlike leaves with four leaflets ... [2 related a... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/68
Pill'wort` noun (Botany) Any plant of the genus Pilularia ; minute aquatic cryptograms, with small pill-shaped fruit; -- sometimes called peppergrass . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/89