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the whole. While these changes are taking place 

 the auxiliary cell also increases in size and richness 

 of contents, while it approximates closely to the 

 carpogonial cell. Sometimes, though not often, it 



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FIG. 72.-P/ocamuun corallorhiza natural size. 



emits a conjugation -process towards the carpogonial 

 cell, and when this is present the nucleus is to be 

 seen within the process. More frequently the carpo- 

 gonial cell emits a process (ooblastema filament) 

 towards the auxiliary cell. Ultimately fusion takes 



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