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Synopsis
Excerpt from Handbook of British Mosses: Comprising All That Are Known to Be Natives of the British Isles
Fig. 1. Prothallus of Sphagnum cuspidatum (after Hofmeister).
Fig. 2. Archegonium of Phascum, showing the embryonic cell with its nucleus just after impregnation, magnified (afler Hofmeister).
Fig. 3. Antheridium and paraphyses of Mnium punctatum, magni fied. The antheridium is ejecting the spermatozoids.
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