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An examination of the origih of this dorsiventrality, thus seen in an 

 organ which is as a rule of radial construction, has shown that it appears 

 relatively late in the course of the individual development, and is thus 

 secondary. The young embryo of Funaria is a radially constructed 

 spindle, and the inequality only appears as the capsule approaches 



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FIG. 103. 



3. Diagrammatic longitudinal section through the green capsule of PhyscoJiiitriwn 

 pyriforme. X 14. 5. Median longitudinal section through the mature green capsule 

 of Funaria hygrometrica. X 20. 8. Profile view of mature capsule of the dorsiventral 

 capsule of Buxbaumia aphylla. 9. Median longitudinal section of the same capsule ; 

 I cylindrical air-space; at s the stomata. X 10. 10. Transverse section of the same 

 capsule, about the middle. XQ. (After Haberlandt.) 



maturity. In the Buxbaumieae the dorsiventrality is more marked : 

 the sporogonium of Diphyscium shows when young a characteristically 

 radial cell-net ; but external examination of even young sporogonia shows 

 that the dorsiventral form of the capsule as a whole can be recognised 

 comparatively early : a condition which accords with its very pronounced 

 lopsidedness when mature. An enquiry into the circumstances which 



