“…It desintegrates also in those areas, which are not in direct contact with the embryo surface. From the published data it is not clear whether the endosperm cytolysis is always an autolysis (JONES 1974, GEORGIEVA 1977, 1980 or whether the desintegration is evoked by the digestive function of the embryo (OLSON 1981, IKUMA & THIMANN 1963, NAGY & KERI 1984. The facts presented in our work refer to the possibility of the action of different mechanisms in the cytolysis of endosperm cells in different speci~s of Angiosperms.…”