{
{1. Large cell (part of = Vegetative cell.
{ antheridium wall?), with
{ its nucleus surrounded
{ by wall of spore
Male gametophyte {2. Small cell with nucleus, = Generative cell.
{ no wall, floating in
{ protoplasm of large cell
{ is the central cell of
{ antheridium
{ (male sexual organ)
{Mature male prothallium = Pollen grain
{ with tube.
{Antheridium cell divided, = Paternal cells,
{ 2 sperm cells or generative
{ cells.
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{ {Stigma.
{Macrosporophyll = {Carpel or {Style.
Sporophyte { {simple pistil {Ovary.
{
{
{Macrosporangium, covered = {Nucellus, covered
{ by 1 or 2 coats { by 1 or 2
{ { coats = ovule.
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{Macrospore, cell in end of = Uninuclear state
{ macrosporangium, does of embryo sac.
{ not become free, cavity
{ enlarges
{Macrospore divides into
{ 8 cells to form young
{ female prothallium = Embryo sac.
{
Female gametophyte. {Remnant of archegonium, = Maternal cell,
{ egg (female sexual organ) or germ cell.
{Growing part of prothallium = {Two polar nuclei
{ { fused, making
{ { endosperm
{ { nucleus.
{Mature female prothallium = {Endosperm,
{ { developed by
{ { many divisions
{ { of endosperm
{ { nucleus.
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Young sporophyte {After fecundation of egg, egg divides
surrounded by { to form embryo. Embryo in endosperm
parts of the { (sometimes latter nearly or quite
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