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surfaces of the oospheres, each attached by one cilium. Suddenly the sper 
matozoids leave the egg “like a crowd of startled birds,” the egg at the same 
time becoming covered with conical projections. The authors consider thi 
phenomenon as marking the moment of fertilization, and as a proof of a defi 
nite repulsion of the supernumerary spermatozoids.— WILSON R. SMITH 
revives the term “epithelium,” previously used by Warming and Goebel, 1 
assigning to the layer a digestive function, as did Guignard. ; 
The antipodal cells, variable, as usual, both in number and size, are sai | 
to be digestive in some plants, and in others, conductive in function. Thel 
densely staining protoplasm and their tendency to burrow back into tht 
“pseudo-chalazal’’ region are cited in support of this view. Moreover, ti | 
instead of being mutually hostile, are in perfect harmony. Would the _ : 
say that the “epithelial layer” is not epidermis, merely because it has here? 
the same process in a macrospore; and it would also have become eV" 
that he was not confounding the two terms “ oosphere”’ and “ macrosp . 
ne vested MLLE. MATHILDE : Sur la structure et les fonctions de l’assise ee 
liale et des antipodes chez les Composées. Journ. de Botanique 12: 374-384 © 
13+ 9-17, 49-59, 87-96. 1899. 
