THE GREAT GROUPS OF BRYOPHYTES 



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(Fig. 102), the thallus part dying. Sometimes, however, 

 the filamentous protonema is very persistent, and gives rise 

 to a perennial succession of leafy branches. 



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FIG. 103. Tip of leafy branch of a moss (Funaria), bearing a cluster of sex organs, 

 showing an old antheridium (A), a younger one (B), some of the curious associated 

 hairs (/>), and leaf sections (I). After CAMPBELL. 



At the summit of the leafy gametophore, either upon 

 the main axis or upon a lateral branch, the antheridia and 

 archegonia are borne (Figs. 83, 103). Often the leaves at 

 the summit become modified in form and arranged to form 



