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tion, and the fertilized egg-cell is now termed the 

 oospore, and at once begins to grow into the embryo. 



FIG. 35. Various stages in the development of the ovule : w, nucellus ; 

 *', *', integuments ; p, point of attachment to placenta ; c, embryo-sac ; 

 r, vascular cord supplying ovule; m, micropyle; x, young embryo. 

 (Partly after Th. Hartig.) 



It would be very interesting to describe at length all 

 the remarkable details of these processes, and their 



