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Figure 4.29: The cell wall of the mature egg cell in Prumnopitys taxifoliaischar<strong>ac</strong>terised by clusters of diversely shaped wall projections.A and B : Enlarged details of the two archegonia at central cell stage shown in Fig.4.20, viewed under phase contrast. (fg = female gametophyt€, V = v<strong>ac</strong>uole, jc = j<strong>ac</strong>ketcells)A : ln a full-sized archegonium with immature cytoplasm (see Fig. 4.2O A) the centralcell wall (ccw) is noticeably thicker than the other cell walls. Scale bar = 50 pm.B : ln a central cellwith mature cytoplasm (see Fig. 4.20 D), the central cell wall (ccw)has become thicker than that in A. Scale bar = 50 pm.C, D and E : Details of the cell walls enclosing the mature egg cells shown in Fig. 4.28.C : Between the j<strong>ac</strong>ket cells fic) of two archegonia (A2, A3), a narrow strip ofarchegonium 41 is visible, cut tangentially along the egg cell wall (ecw) and showing wallprojections (wp) in TS. The egg cytoplasm of archegonium A2 has been torn away fromthe j<strong>ac</strong>ket layer (fle) but a small porlion is visible with the egg cell wall int<strong>ac</strong>t (arrow).Scale bar - 20 pm.D : Portion of archegonium A2 which was torn away from the j<strong>ac</strong>ket layer shown in C.Flame-like and peg-like wall projections (wp) protrude from the inner f<strong>ac</strong>e of the egg cellwall (ecw) into the egg cytoplasm (ec). The prominent bl<strong>ac</strong>k body is typical of manyspecimens of mature archegonia. Scale bar = 20 pm.E : J<strong>ac</strong>ket layers (jc) of archegonia A3 and A4, separated by a layer of femalegametophyte cells (fg). The egg cell walls (ecw) of both archegonia have numerous wallprojections (wp) protruding into the egg cytoplasm (ec). Scale bar = 20 pm.F : The middle portions of two archegonia (A1, A2) from the ovule shown in Fig. 4.30.Archegonium A2, with a pollen tube outside the neck cells, is close to fertilization. ln thisspecimen, the wall projections (wp), many of them branched (arrows), occur in irregularclusters, and protrude some 10 pm into the egg cytoplasm (ec). Scale bar = 50 pm.

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