. Elements of botany. Plants. 238 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. Pry off this lid, remove some of the mass of spores from the interior of the urn, observe their color as seen in bulk through the magnifying glass, then mount in water, examine with the highest obtainable power of the microscope and sketch them. These spores, if sown on moist earth, will each develop into a slender, branched organism, consisting, like pondscum, of single rows of cells, Fig. 206, called the Fig. 205. Longitudinal Section of the Summit of a very Small Antheridium- Bearing Plant of Funaria hygrometrica, a Moss. a,
. Elements of botany. Plants. 238 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. Pry off this lid, remove some of the mass of spores from the interior of the urn, observe their color as seen in bulk through the magnifying glass, then mount in water, examine with the highest obtainable power of the microscope and sketch them. These spores, if sown on moist earth, will each develop into a slender, branched organism, consisting, like pondscum, of single rows of cells, Fig. 206, called the Fig. 205. Longitudinal Section of the Summit of a very Small Antheridium- Bearing Plant of Funaria hygrometrica, a Moss. a, young antheridium ; b, nearly mature antheridium ; c, appendages growing among the antheridia; d, leaves cut through the midrih; e, leaves cut throiagh the blade. (Magnified 300 diameters.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Bergen's Botany: key and flora, Pacific coast ed. Boston : Ginn
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