The Genus Battarrea. 



circumdsV'T ?"*Tl ''" a IvlL Peri<li " m 



icissiiiy, the top of the pendium falling awav 



borne on the lower convex half of the oerid' n 



f^^:tf^^ ti ^^^^ 



false capillitium" con- 

 sists of thick cells with 

 the walls annulated or 

 spirally thickened which 

 are known as "annu- 

 lated cells." These cells 

 are very curious and no 

 one knows what office 

 the}- serve to the plant. 

 Nothing similar is found 

 in other known genera, 

 and they do not occur 

 m the very similar genus 

 Battarreopsis. P ro f. E. 

 V. D. Holway has pre- 

 illustrates these cells 



O 



Fig. 1. 



pared a microphotograph (Fig 1) w hj r h v a 

 better than any yet published f 



acters. In most p ant the u, n e ^ f ^ tO - ? ff rd the best char - 

 to the volva, anil wh tK,^ b^^T " d ^ ^^ 

 with it the upper half o f the peridii m th T " !t carries 



at an early stage. In Bat ariS D I', Jlf ex l )c ? sln & the g le '^ mass 

 from the volva and " e " ' 



fallen awav 





