. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Cryptogams. Fig. 156.—Female inflorescence of M. poly- iHorpha seen from the under side, jr, radiat- ing branches ; /, sporogone. (After Goebel.) ture quite peculiar to this order. Each stomate is formed, according to Leitgeb, by the simple separation of four or more superficial cells, and the subsequent segmentation of these in a direction parallel to the Fig. 157.—A, male plant of M. polymorpha. B, longitudinal section through inflorescence, ha o, 0, openings to antheridial cavities, a, C\ nearly ripe antherid. I?, two antherozoids (x 800). (Afte
. A handbook of cryptogamic botany. Cryptogams. Fig. 156.—Female inflorescence of M. poly- iHorpha seen from the under side, jr, radiat- ing branches ; /, sporogone. (After Goebel.) ture quite peculiar to this order. Each stomate is formed, according to Leitgeb, by the simple separation of four or more superficial cells, and the subsequent segmentation of these in a direction parallel to the Fig. 157.—A, male plant of M. polymorpha. B, longitudinal section through inflorescence, ha o, 0, openings to antheridial cavities, a, C\ nearly ripe antherid. I?, two antherozoids (x 800). (After Goebel.) They are situated in the centre of plates of a rhombic form, consisting of portions of the epidermal layer which overarch large air-cavities. .From the base and sides of these air-cavities spring chlorophyllous cellos. 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 Bennett, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1833-1902; Murray, George Robert Milne, 1858-. London, New York, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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