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MORPHOLOG Y. 



forms two spermatozoids (sometimes only one) which are of the same form as 

 the zoogonidia but smaller, and yellowish instead of green. In some species 



a motile body intermedi- 

 ate in size and color be- 

 tween the spermatozoids 

 and zoogonidia is first 

 formed, which after 

 swimming around comes 

 to rest on the oogonium, 

 or near it, and develops 

 what is called a "dwarf 

 male plant " from which 

 the real spermatozoid is 

 produced. 



Fig. 147. 

 Portion of thread 

 o f cedogonium 

 showing antheridia 



cede- 



gonium showing upper half oogonia are formed di- 

 of egg open, and a sperma- ,, , /. r ., 



tozoid ready to enter. (After rectl 7 fr m one of the 

 Klebahn). vegetative cells. Inmost 



species this cell first enlarges in diameter, so that it is easily detected. The 

 protoplasm inside is the egg cell. The oogonium wall opens, a bit of the 

 protoplasm is emitted, and the spermatozoid then enters and fertilizes it 

 (fig. 148). Now a hard brown wall is formed around it, and, just as in spirogyra 



Fig. 149- 



Male nucleus just entering 

 egg at left side. 



Fig. 150. Fig. 151. 



Male nucleus fusing with The two nuclei fused, and 

 female nucleus. fertilization complete. 



Figs. 149-151. Fertilization in cedogonium. (After Klebahn). 



a.nd vaucheria, it passes through a resting period. At the time of germinatioi 

 it does not produce the thread-like plant again directly, but first forms four 

 zoospores exactly like the zoogonidia (fig. 152). These zoospores ther 

 germinate and form the plant. 



319. (Edogonium compared with spirogyra. Now if we compare oedo- 

 gonium with spirogyra, as we did in the case of vaucheria, we find here also 

 that there is an advance upon the simple condition which exists in spiro- 

 gyra. Growth and division of the thread is limited to certain portions. The 

 sexual organs are differentiated. They usually differ in form and size from 

 the vegetative cells, though the oogonium is simply a changed vegetative 



