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level of the thallus, instead of penetrating- mU) it, as is usually 

 the case. The stalk or portion hetween the capsule and for^t 

 remains short, and in loni[^itudinal section shr>\vs about four 



D 



Fig. 32. — Sphccrocarpus sp (?). A, B, Median longitudinal sections of the archc- 

 gonium venter, with enclosed embryos, X260; C, an older sporogonium in median 

 section, X260; D, a still later stage, showing the large space between the arche- 

 sporial cells and the wall, X8s. 



rows of cells. As the calyptra grows the upper part becomes 

 divided into two layers, the part surrounding the foot into 

 three. Instead of breaking through the calyptra at maturity. 



