20 HOPMEISTER, ON THE HIGHER CRYPTOGAMIA. 



resemblance to that occurring at the base of the rudimen- 

 tary fruit. This led him to the erroneous conclusion, that 

 the fruit was the product " of certain cells lying at the bot- 

 tom of a small, narrow, deep canal of the leaf.'' The above 

 remarks show the inaccuracy of this view. The following 

 observations will exhibit the essential agreement in fruit- 

 formation existing between Anthoceros and the liverworts 

 and mosses generally. 



