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“sterile,” “neutral,” and “vegetative” conceptacles ; 
Susergriibchen by the Germans, and eryptespiliferes by 
the French. They are regarded by some as incom- 
plete sexual conceptacles, while others think that 
Fic, 7.—a, Turbinaria conoides (half natural size); b, T. Murrayana, ditto ; 
ec and e, Jongitudinal sections of apex ; d, transverse section of ditto; 7, young 
eryptostoma with hairs; g, papillate layer lining inner surface of vesicle; 
ce, d, ¢, f, g, all highly magnified. (After E. 8. Barton.) 
the fertile conceptacles are merely cryptostomata 
that have in time come to bear organs of reproduc- 
tion. A third view of their significance is involved 
in the contention that neither form is a develop- 
