For a list of previous senators, see List of Massachusetts Senate delegations. The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state.
Gnetophyte, WelwitschiaÂ© orxy/Fotoliaany member of the division Gnetophyta, a small group of gymnospermous vascular plants that are represented by three living genera: Ephedra, Gnetum, and Welwitschia. There are 65 species in the genus Ephedra, 30 or more in Gnetum, but only one in Welwitschia.
GYMNOSPERMS. Gymnosperms include all seed plants other than the angiosperms, or flowering plants. The absence of an enclosing structure is believed to be primitive, thus the first seed plants were gymnosperms.. The seeds of gymnosperms are borne exposed in open structures, such as cones or leaves.The derivation of the word gymnosperm means naked seeds and is from the Greek words gymno meaning naked or bare and sperm meaning seed.he absence of an enclosing structure is believed to be primitive, thus the first seed plants were gymnosperms.. The seeds of gymnosperms are borne exposed in open structures, such as cones or leaves.