Spermatangia are produced in separate male plants on both primary and secondary laterals, apical or sub apical in position which are either single or in clusters, pairs are also common . First carpogonial branch arises at 15 30th axial cells, 1 2 per basal cell, 3 5 cell long, slightly curved with distinctly stalked cylindrical trichogyne on the dorsal side of asymmetrical carpogonium.