VOLUME XXxXIxX : NUMBER 2 
BOTANIGAL--G Aghwee 
FEBRUARY 1900 
STUDIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLLEN 
GRAIN IN SYMPL 5 
either plant, but in Peltandra there were found stages showing 
the divisions in the archesporial cells. These divisions are of 
the normal vegetative type; the number of chromosomes present, 
moreover, is that characteristic of the sporophyte. 
THE RESTING ARCHESPORIAL CELL AND ITS NUCLEUS. 
In Symplocarpus the cells of the definitive archesporium pass 
the late fall and early winter months in the resting condition. 
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