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7. The pollen is shed with numerous prothallial nuclei, stalk 
nucleus, tube nucleus, and body cell free in it. 
8. The pollen does not fall upon the nucellus but upon the 
ovuliferous scale at a considerable distance from the position of 
the ovule. 
g. About a year elapses between pollination and fertilization. 
to. No ovule has yet been formed on the scale at the time of 
pollination and the pollen tube does not reach the ovule for 5 or 6 
months afterward. 
11. The body cell is single, at least usually, and large. 
12. Two male cells (sperms perhaps) are formed and are 
usually unequal. 
13. There may be a blepharoplast-like body associated with 
the division of the body cell. 
14. Fertilization occurs about the first of April. 
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