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 are one of the two groups of seed plants. The flowering plants (angiosperms), are the other. In going from mosses and ferns to the seed plants, we see a very significant difference in plant life cycles. In mosses and ferns the propagating units for new individuals are spores.his type of unprotected seed is a naked seed. The name gymnosperm means naked seed.. In contrast, seeds of angiosperms are enclosed in a special structure that at maturity is called the fruit. There are going to be more new terms for you to learn as development of seeds of gymnosperms and angiosperms is considered.