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simple outline and full green colour, and it is fixed 

 by a narrow stalk which widens into a minute 

 attachment disc. The whole plant is very soft and 



Fig. 1. Ulva lactuca. I. A complete specimen of the plant. 

 3. A longitudinal section from the upper part of the flat ex- 

 pansion, showing the two layers of cells of which it is composed. 

 2. A similar section from the lower part, showing similarly the 

 two layers of cells ; several of the latter have elongated into 

 tubes or hyphae (h). 2 and 3 are highly magnified. (From 

 Oltmanns' Morphologic und Biologie der Algen, after Thuret.) 

 B. 2 



