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carpogonium, is a single cell, wide below, and tapering above 

 into a long slender canal, the trichogyne, which is open at 

 its apex {A, og, Fig. 183). The carpogonium is the terminal 

 cell of a branch, which in its development swells up, while 

 at the same time elongating into a tube. In the swollen basal 

 portion there is a considerable mass of protoplasm, which is 

 the essential part to be fertilized. 



The male organs, the antheridia, are formed as flask-shaped 

 protuberances which grow out of adjoining cells ; they be- 



Fig. ISi.—ColenchaeU puZvhtata. A, portion of fertile plant ; nn, antheridia ; og, 

 carpogouia— each with a irichngynH ; z, z. Epermarozoids ; A, hairs, with Eheathins; 

 bases, li, fertilized carpogonium eurronnded by covering, r (" pericarp"), the whole 

 constitnring the sporocarp. C, sporocarps burst open, showing the interior tissue, 

 ech ; r. cortical cover (" pericarp''). 1). zoospores (swarm-spores) from C. X 350.— 

 After Fiiugsheim. 



come cut ofE from the cells from which they grow, by trans- 

 verse partitions. In each antheridium a single oval bi- 

 ciliate spermatozoid is formed {A, z, z, Fig. 183). 



363. — Fertilization is doubtless effected by these sperma- 

 tozoids coming in contact with the protoplasm of the carpo- 

 gonium, but the actual entrance of the former has not yet 

 been seen. After fertilization the protoplasmic mass in the 

 carpogonium increases considerably in size, and becomes 

 surrounded by a cellulose coat of its own. The cells which 



