. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 188 STUDIES IN CRYPTOGAMS visible to the naked eye. However, a section of the disk, such as is drawn in Fig. 334, shows that the pores lead into oblong cavities in the receptacle. From the base of each cavity there arises a thick club-shaped body, the antheridium. Within the antheridium are formed many sperm-cells which are capable of swimming about in. 331. Section thi-ougli antheriiliophore of ;i, showing .antlieridia. One antlieridium more magnified. water by means of long lashes or cilia attached to them. When the antheridium is
. Botany, an elementary text for schools. Botany. 188 STUDIES IN CRYPTOGAMS visible to the naked eye. However, a section of the disk, such as is drawn in Fig. 334, shows that the pores lead into oblong cavities in the receptacle. From the base of each cavity there arises a thick club-shaped body, the antheridium. Within the antheridium are formed many sperm-cells which are capable of swimming about in. 331. Section thi-ougli antheriiliophore of ;i, showing .antlieridia. One antlieridium more magnified. water by means of long lashes or cilia attached to them. When the antheridium is mature, it bursts and allows the ciliated sperm-cells to escape. The arehegoniophores are also elevated on stalks (Fig. 332). In- stead of a simple disk, the receptacle consists of nine or more finger- like rays. Along the under side of the rays, between delicately fringed curtains, peculiar flask-like bodies, or archegonia, are situated. The archegonia are not visible to the naked eye. They can be studied only with the microscope (X about 400). One of them much magnified is represented in Fig. 335. Its principal parts are the long neck, a, and the rounded venter, b, inclosing a large free cell—the egg-cell. We have seen that the antheridium at maturity discharges its sperm-cells. These swim about in the water provided by the dew and rain. Some of them finally find their way to the arche- gonia and egg-cells, which are thus fertilized, as pollen fertilizes the ovules of higher plants. After fertilization the egg-cell develops into the spore-capsule or sporogonium. The mature spore-capsules may be seen in Fig. 33G. They consist of an oval spore-case on a short stalk, the base of which is imbedded in the tissue of the receptacle from whicli it derives the necessary nourishment for the development of the sporo- gonium. At maturity the sporo- gonium is ruptured at the apex,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced
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