284 FTJCTJS. 



In similar sections of a female branch, note (1) that the 

 female conceptacles resemble the male in form and 

 position ; (2) the paraphyses are all unbranched or only 

 slightly branched ; (3) the oogouia are large and ovoid or 

 rounded, with a thick wall their contents may have 

 divided into two, four, or eight oospheres, and (4) each 

 oogonium is carried on a unicellular stalk. 



