Fig. 306. (Edogonium nodosum, a Conferva form : A, portion of a filament showing a 

 vegetative cell with its nucleus (d), an oogonium (a) filled by an egg packed with 

 food material, a second oogonium (c) containing a fertilized egg or oospore as 

 shown by the heavy wall, and two antheridia (6), each containing two sperms; B, 

 another filament showing antheridia (a) from which two sperms (b) have escaped, 

 a vegetative cell with its nucleus, and an oogonium which a sperm (c) has entered 

 and is coming in contact, with the egg whose nucleus (d) may he seen; C, a zoo- 

 spore which has been formed in a vegetative cell, showing the crown of cilia and 

 the clear apex, as in the sperms; Z>, a zoospore producing a new filament, putting 

 out a holdfast at base and elongating; E, a further stage of development; F, the 

 four zoospores formed by the oospore when it germinates.— Caldwell, except 

 C7and F t which are after Pringshelm. 



