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Plate VIT. : The Car[>ofhore. 



Fig. •■)•'). Frond bearing several cystoearps. x 2. 



Fig'. •)4. Longitudinal section of a carpophore, showing 

 the spore mass of the cystocarp bulging out. 

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Fig. -lb. (jrroup of carpospores surrounded by numerous 

 sterile cells. The two lowest are showu with 

 dark spots, which represent portions of the 

 tinoly divided rhodoplastid. x 1075. 



Fig. -Xi. Diagrammatic view of the procarp. The single 

 arrow line shows the sporogenous hypha grow- 

 ino- out from the fertilised eg-g" cell. The three 

 arrow lines indicate the course adopted by the 

 several sporogenous hy})hce growing out from 

 the auxiliary cell towards the nourishing cells 

 of the centre of the carpophore. 



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