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Figure 4.9: Tissues of the one year old ovular complex in Prumnopitys taxifolia.An ovular complex of at least 3.5 mm diam. and over 6 mm long including nipple(removed to f<strong>ac</strong>ilitate fixation), in median LS.The female gametophyte (fg) (albeit collapsed in this specimen) is now fully cellular, andarchegonia (A) are about half of their mature length. The tissues in centripetal order are:outer epimatium comprising epidermis (ep), hypodermis (hyp), mesophyll (me); innerepimatium comprising a broad layer of pale cells with scattered tanniniferous cells (tnc),which become more concentrated at the irregular epimatium/integument boundary (eib),vascular bundles (vb) and secretory canals (sc),The integument (i) is relatively featureless except for the dehiscence zone (dz). ln thenucellus, the parietal layers (pl) of the sporangial wall are becoming compressed, whilethe nucellus cone (nuc) retains its form. The cellular gametophyte has a prominentgynospore wall (gw) and two archegonia about 450 pm long (see Fig.4.17 F to L fordetails). Scale bar = 500 pm.

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