Spermatia

_Bacterium_ of the Vibrionia, I regarded them as spermatia, having frequently seen others undistinguishable from them under circumstances inconsistent with the presence of _Confervæ_, as in the interior of the immature peridia and sporangia of Fungals. ❋ Various (N/A)

D represents a ripe plant, filled with spores, embryonic plants, and spermatia. ❋ Various (N/A)

The spermatia differ from the spores and young plants in being smaller, and of possessing the power of moving and tumbling about rapidly, while the spores of young plants are larger and quiescent. ❋ Various (N/A)

B represents the same plant, discharging its spores and spermatia through a small opening in the cell walls. ❋ Various (N/A)

C represents the mature plant, entirely emptied of its spore contents, there remaining inside only a few actively moving spermatia, which are slowly escaping. ❋ Various (N/A)

B, Mature plant discharging spores and spermatia through a small opening in the cell wall. ❋ Various (N/A)

Ripe plant, contents nearly discharged; a few active spermatia left behind and escaping. ❋ Various (N/A)

a ripe plant after its spore and embryonic plant contents are all discharged, leaving behind only a few actively moving spermatia, which are slowly escaping. ❋ Various (N/A)