ANIMAL-PLANTS AND SEA-WEEDS 123 



So the branches of a true sea-weed are alto- 

 gether unlike those of the zoophyt- s, though in 



Fig. 79. A tiny sea-we^d scattering its spores, or seeds, into the water 



structural details they may differ between them- 

 selves even more than do the zoophytes. In 

 Fig. 79 a nearly related form is given, but in this 

 instance bearing fruit. A kind of capsule or 

 berry containing the spores or seeds is developed 

 amongst the branches ; and some of these 

 may be seen in various stages of development, 



