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Some ANOMALIES IN THE FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE OF PINUS. 
By D. M. Motrtirr. 
The object of this note is to call attention to some peculiarities in 
the number and arrangement of archegonia and to certain other anomalies 
similar in character to those reported for the same and other species of 
Pinus. In her excellent and elaborate paper on the life history, etc., of 
Pinus, Miss Ferguson has directed attention to a number (9) of archegonia 
arranged along the top and sides of the endosperm of Pinus montana un- 
cinata, together with other peculiarities regarding the number, origin and 
position in other species (Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 6: 1-202, 1904). 
In the work of a class of advanced students studying the gametophyte 
and embryogeny of Pinus, a number of peculiarities mentioned in the fol- 
lowing have been found to be of rather frequent occurrence. In Pinus 
austriaca (a form of P. laricio frequently cultivated), several instances 
were observed in which a group of archegonia occurred at the chalazal 
end of the endosperm in addition to the group normally at the top or 
micropylar end. In addition to this a few cases were found in which a 
third group of archegonia was present at one side. Among those ovules 
in which a group of archegonia was present at either end, one case is 
especially of note in which a total of eleven archegonia was present, 
two near the micropylar and nine at the chalazal end of the gametophyte. 
The two near the micropylar end were not directly at the top but at oppo- 
site sides of that end. The nine at the chalazal end were arranged in 
groups of three each. One group of three was at the end, the others be- 
ing more deeply seated. The second three were just beyond the first and 
a little to the right, while the third group was beyond the second, though 
somewhat to the left. In the majority of cases here under consideration 
the collections were made before the archegonia were mature, the ventral 
canal cells not having been formed. Four of the archegonia near the 
chalazal end had fused in pairs, a cytoplasmic union having taken place 
at the contiguous sides. This was made possible by the absorption of 
several sheath, or jacket, cells separating the archegonia. The three 
