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250. The fruiting moss plant. In fig. 128 is a moss plant 

 " in fruit," as we say. Above the leafy stem a slender stalk 

 bears the capsule, and in this capsule are borne the spores. 



251. Sporogonium of the moss. The sporogonium (spore- 



s ! case) of a moss is illustrated 



in fig. 1,28. The sporo- 

 gonium is the portion repre- 

 sented above the leafy part, 

 and consists of a stalk and 

 capsule. This was devel- 

 oped from the fertilized egg. 



Fig. 129. 

 Female plant (gametophyte) of a moss 



Fig. 130. 

 Male plant (gametophyte) of a moss 



(mnium), showing rhizoids below, and the (mnium) showing rhizoids below and the 



tuft of leaves above which protect the 

 archegonia. 



antheridia at the centre above surrounded 

 by" the rosette of leaves. 



The capsule is nearly cylindrical, bent downward, and supported 

 on a long slender stalk. 



