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STRUCTURE OF SPERMARY 



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ones have each its lower angle truncated by the insertion of 

 the stalk, so that they are actually four-sided. 



Each shield (Fig. 47, A and B, sh) is a single concavo~ 

 convex cell having on its inner surface numerous orange- 

 coloured chromatophores : owing to the disposition of these 

 on the inner surface only, the spermary appears to have a 



FIG. 47. A, diagrammatic vertical section of the spermary of Nitella, 

 showing the stalk (stk), four of the eight shields (sh), each bearing on 

 its inner face a handle (hn), to which is attached a head-cell (hd) : each 

 head cell bears six secondary head-cells (hd 1 ), to each of which four 

 spermatic filaments (sp. f.) are attached. 



B, one of the proximal shields (sh), with handle (hn), head-cell (hd), 

 secondary head-cells (hd 1 ), and spermatic filaments (sp. f.). 



C, a single sperm. 



D 1 , D 2 , D 3 , three stages in the development of the spermary. 

 (c, after Howes. ) 



colourless transparent outer layer like an orange inclosed 

 in a close-fitting glass case. 



Attached to the middle of the inner surface of each shield 

 is a cylindrical cell, the handle (Jiri), which extends towards 

 the centre of the spermary, and, like the shield itself, con- 

 tains orange chromatophores. Each of the eight handles 

 bears a colourless head-cell (hd'\ to which six secondary head 



