. The essentials of botany. Botany. 214 BOTANY. ' when set free, swims by means of its two long cilia (Pig. 125, c). 395. The archegones are Jlolipated flask-shaped bodies with a swelling base and a long slender neck. At matu- m Mm'. Fig. 126.—^, several archegones at the apex of a Moss-stem: B, an archegone more enlarged, showing germ-cell at b; C, apex of arcnegone at maturity ; X), a Moss-plant with young spore-fruit; E, the same with mature spore-fruit, showing its stalli, s, spore-case, /, and the remains of the old archegone, c (the calyptra); F, vertical section of the spore-case, showi
. The essentials of botany. Botany. 214 BOTANY. ' when set free, swims by means of its two long cilia (Pig. 125, c). 395. The archegones are Jlolipated flask-shaped bodies with a swelling base and a long slender neck. At matu- m Mm'. Fig. 126.—^, several archegones at the apex of a Moss-stem: B, an archegone more enlarged, showing germ-cell at b; C, apex of arcnegone at maturity ; X), a Moss-plant with young spore-fruit; E, the same with mature spore-fruit, showing its stalli, s, spore-case, /, and the remains of the old archegone, c (the calyptra); F, vertical section of the spore-case, showing structure; s, the spore-bearing layer; d, the lid ; G, a ripe spore- case ; H, spore-case after the lid has fallen oil, showing tlie teeth. All magniiied, rity the neck has an open channel from its apex to the base, where there is a rounded germ-cell (Pig. 126). In some mosses the antherids and archegones are intermixed in the. 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 Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915. New York : Holt
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