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Plate VII. : The Carpophore. 



Fig. 33. Frond bearing several cystocarps. x 2. 



Fig. 34. Longitudinal section of a carpophore, showing 

 the spore mass of the cystocarp bulging out. 

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Fig. 35, Group of carpospores surrounded by numerous 

 sterile cells. The two lowest are shown with 

 dark spots, which represent portions of the 

 finely divided rhodoplastid. x 1075. 



Fig. 3G. Diagrammatic view of the procarp. The single 

 arrow line shows the sporogenous hypha grow- 

 ing out from the fertilised egg cell. The three 

 arrow lines indicate the course adopted by the 

 several sporogenous hyphse growing out from 

 the auxiliary cell towards the nourishing cells 

 of the centre of the carpophore. 



