398 Cooke and Schively on Observations on the 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate XXIX. 

 Epiphegus Virginiana, parasitically attached to root of American Beech. 



Chasmogamic and cleistogamic flowers are both developed on this 



specimen. 



Plate XXX. 

 Fig. I. T. S. of tuber, showing endogenously developing root. X35o°. 

 Fig. 2. T. S. of Beech root spreading into the looser tissues of the 



parasite. X 350°. 

 Fig. 3. L. S. of chasmogamic flower of Epiphegus, showing caly.x, 



corolla, one of the four stamens and pistil. X 7S°- 

 Fig. 4. L. S. of cleistogamic flower. X 75°- 

 Fig. 5. T. S. of ovary from cleistogamic flower, with large nectary, 



composed of richly protoplasmic cells, cut in section. X 350°. 

 Fig. 6. Young ovule or macrosorus, enclosing a large developing 



macrospore cell. X 35o°. 



Plate XXXI. 



Fig. 7. L. S. of developing macrospore cell, surrounded by [tapetal (?) 

 and] sporangial tissue. X 350°. 



Fig. 8. L. S. of developing macrospore cell, later stage, showing con- 

 stricted protoplasm of the macrospore cavity, with two nuclei at 

 either end. 



Fig. 9. L. S. of micropylar end of macrospore or embryo-sac cell, 

 showing two spindle figures at right angles to each other. X 35o°- 



Fig. 10. Innermost layer of macrosporangial cells, surrounding syner- 

 gids and egg, large vacuolated endosperm cell with two fusing 

 nuclei, also three antipodal cells. X 3S0°. 



Fig. II. L. S. of young ovule or macrosorus. The two endosperm 

 nuclei have here fused. X 200°. 



Fig. 12. L. S. of upper part of macrospore cavity, filled with endo- 

 sperm cells that enclose a divided egg-cell. X 3S0°. 



Fig. 13. Later stage than last, showing surrounding endosperm cells, 

 tip of a pollen tube, suspensor cell and embryo cell with two 

 nuclei. X 350°. 



Fig. 14. Second division proceeding in embryo-cell. X 350°. 



Fig. 15. Four-celled stage of embryo. X 350°. 



Plate XXXII. 

 Fig. 16. L. S. of sixteen-celled stage of embryo and suspensor. Eight 

 of the sixteen cells and the four suspensor cells are seen in sec- 

 tion. X 350°. 



Figs. I7a-k. Stages in development of the microspores. X350°. 



