PTER1DOPHYTA. 



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having a bunch of cilia at each end; the other species of Isoiites 

 have cilia only at the anterior end. 



The MACROSPORES. Shortly after 

 the macrospoi-es have been set free, 

 or in Selaginella, while still en- 

 closed in the sporangium of the 

 mother-plant, they germinate and 

 soon become filled with the cellular 

 tissue of the prothallium, and even 

 in Selaginella the archegonium be- 

 gins to be formed before the rupture of the spore-cell-wall has 

 commenced (Fig. 235 A'). 



The ARCHEGONIA are constructed on the same plan as those of the 



FIG. 234. Spermatozoidsof Selaginelln: 

 b with a remnant of cytoplasm. 



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FIG. 233. Macrospore of Selaginella: A longitudinal section, before the rupture of the 

 wall, six weeks after being sown. The endosperm (e) has not yet filled the entire 

 chamber. Cell-formation is still proceeding in the lower part of the spore. The endosperm 

 and prothallium (//)are separated by a distinct line (diaphragm). B Germinating macro- 

 spore seen from outside : s wall of the spore ; ce archegonia. 



FIG. 238. Archegonia of Selaginella: A unripe, in longitudinal section ; c the central 

 cell; fr neck-canal-cell, which is wedged in between the two-storied neck-cells; B ripe; 

 u ventral canal-cell ; C seen from above, open. It will be noticed that the neck is formed 

 of two tiers of four cells each. 



