230 BOTANY. 
it enters the ovule through the opening in the coats (Fig. 
131, A). Here it comes in contact with the apex of the 
ovule-body, and soon reaches the embryo-sac. The contents 
Fie. 18. <Embrre of Bhephent's. ures (Capsella), in various stages. ¥, the 
suspensor. e root-cells, w, first appear, the rudimentary | 
stem, s, already formed. Highly ‘magnified. : RRR TRe eens 
of the pollen-tube unite with the germ-cell, which then 
forms a wall about itself; it then divides transversely one 
or more times, forming a row of cells (the suspensor), at the 
