TYPES OF CRYPTOGAMS; THALLOPHYTES 



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Kg. 184.— Eockweed (Fucm). 

 A, antheridia borne on branch- 

 ing hairs, x 160 ; .B, anthero- 

 zoids from same, x 330. 



can be detected. After making the 

 microscopic examination which follows, 

 note what correspondence of structure 

 with color has been observed. Cut very- 

 thin sections through fruiting tips from 

 different plants, keeping those from each 

 plant separate. Be sure that some of 

 the cuts pass through the conceptacle as 

 near the middle as possible. 



Examine with a power of about sixty 

 diameters sections from different fronds, 

 searching for one kind containing rather 

 large egg-shaped cells and another con- 

 taining bundles of numerous smaller 

 sac-shaped cells. With a power of 200 

 diameters study the details of the sec- 

 tions. Note the character of the cells 

 forming the surface of the frond, those 

 of the inner structure, and those limit- 

 ing the cavity of the conceptacle. In a 

 conceptacle cut through the middle note 

 the form of the orifice. Examine the 

 slender hairs or filaments (^paraphyses) 

 which, arising at right angles, line the 

 walls of the conceptacle. 



294. Oogonia and Antheridia. — In 

 conceptacles containing egg-shaped cells 

 (oogonia) note the form, 

 mode of attachment (ses- 

 sile or stalked), and dif- 

 ferent stages of develop- 

 ment. At maturity the 

 contents are divided, 

 forming eight oospheres; 

 but not aU can be seen ^»- 185. -Eockweed {Fwus). 



at once, some being be- ^'°^S°°""'"=™"'f''''^"'"°S™to eight oosphereB, 

 ' ° X 160 ; £, an oosphere, escaped, surrounded by an 



neath the others. therozoids, x 160. 



