LAB #8 - Takakia lepidozioides
Here is a picture of Dr. Schofield and Olivia looking for Takakia on rock beside a waterfall up Jervis Inlet.
The leave are radially arranged - each leaf may be deeply lobed into 2, 3, or 4 lobes.
Each is cylindrical, tapered to tip, tristratose in most of length.
Oil drops:
The stems are erect and unbranched, arising from a creeping colourless rhizome system
(not cutinized).
The picture below shows the emergence of new stems.
Beaked mucilage cells in clusters (like pseudoparaphyllia):
A closeup:
Axillary mucilage hairs:
Stem Cross-section:
An archegonium:
