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in fig. 274, but another will serve tlie purpose just as well. We 

 note here that it consists of a rounded capsule borne aloft on a 

 long stalk, tlie stallc being much longer proportionately than in 

 marchantia. At maturity the capsule splits down into four 



Fig. 272. 

 Antlieridiuni of a fnlinse liverwort (jun- 



Fig 271. Fig, 273. 



Foliose liverwrirt, mali^ ]->laiit slmwing antlie- Folinse li\'erw<:irt, temalc plant wilii 



ridia in axils of tin; lea\es la juiiU'-iniannla) rhizoids, 



(juadraiits, llic wiill forming Idur val\es, which spread apart from 

 the une(|iia] dr)iiiL; of tlie cells, so that the spores are set free, as 

 shown in fig. 276. Stnne of the cells inside of the capsule de- 

 velo]) elaters here also as well as spores. These are illustrated 

 in fig. 278. 



500. In this plant we see that the sjiorophytc remains attached 



