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GENERAL CHARACTERS OF CRYPTOGAMS 



a sporophyte (Fio:. 596, .9, /, c), wliicli is tlie Capsule. These ripened 

 spores, in turn, germinate to produce a new gamet()i)hyte which, in its 

 embryonic state, is called the Protonema. It will be observed that the 



A 



fA\ 



Fig. 595. An Ascomycetous Fungus — Peziza — 

 A, showing section through complete spore- 

 bearing body — the apothecium; h, tlie hyme- 

 nium: s, the hyphae, forming false tissue; B, 

 enlarged section of a portion of above showing 

 a, b, c, d, e,f, asci, in various sizes and in various 

 stages of spore development taking place within 

 them, spores are mature in /, sh, the false paren- 

 chyma made up of intertwining hyphae. 



Fig. 596. Showing the development of sporo- 

 phyte of moss: St, apex of stem, bearing the 

 female organs; o, the archegonia; from these, 

 after fertilization, the young capsules spring, 

 C, S, V; C, the calyptra; underneath which is 

 found lid or operculum; /, the capsule; s, the 

 leafless stem of sporophyte or pedicel. (Frank.) 



relative positions of sporophyte and gametophyte are exactly the 

 reverse of what they are in the flowering plant. 



Although the hair-cap moss is somewhat used in medicine, yet 



