Fig. 7. CEdogortium nodo-vim. a Conferva form : .4, portion of a filament showing a 

 vegetative cell with its nuclens (d). an oogoninm (a) filled by an egg packed with 

 food material, a second oogoninm (c) containing a fertilized egg or oospore as 

 shown by the heavy wall, and two antheridia (6), each containing two sperms; B, 

 another filament showing antheridia (a) from which two sperms (6) have escaped, 

 a vegetative ceil with its nucleus, and an oogoninm which a sperm (c) has entered 

 and is coming in contact with the egg whose nucleus (d) may be seen; C, a zoo- 

 spore which has been formed in a vegetative cell, showing the crown of cilia and 

 the clear apex, as in the sperms; D. a zoospore prodncing a new filament, putting 

 out a holdfast at base and elongating; E, a further stage of development; F, the 

 four zoospores formed by the oospore when it germinates.— Caldwell, except 

 Cand F, which are after Pringsheim. 



