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half floating in the water. The cells are short, often no 

 longer than wide, and each contains a single sheet of 



Fig. 46. A spray of Cladophora, as it appears when 

 outspread in the water, slightly magnified. 



chlorophyl, lining nearly all of its lateral wall. (Edogo- 

 nium is a form with stouter filaments composed of 

 much longer cells, within which the chlorophyl is dis- 



