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Fia. 147. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350.
„ 148. Spore of same, x 1200.
„ 149. Lamjyi'oderma iridea, Oooke, plants, x 40.
„ 150. Spores of same, x 350.
„ 151. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350.
„ 152. Lamproderma violaeea, Eost., plants, x 40.
„ 153. Portion of capillitium of same, x 350.
„ 154. Spores of same, x 1200.
„ 155. Stemonitis fnsca, Eost., group of plants ; nat. size.
,, 156. Single plant of same with the sporangial wall and spores blown
away, showing the dense capillitium, x 100.
„ 157. Portion of capillitium and spores of same ; a, part of columella ;
6, main branches of capillitium originating from the columella,
which branch and anastomose irregularly, the meshes becoming
small towards the periphery, X 350.
,, 158. Stemonitis Carlylei, Mass., group of plants, x 10.
„ 159. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350.
„ 160. Stemonitis ferruginea, Ehr., plants, x 8.
„ 161. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350.
„ 162. Stemmiitis fusea, B,, var. a . ; plants, x 6.
„ 163. Portion of capElitium and spores of same, x 350.
,1 164. Spore of same, x 1200.
„ 165. Diachaea leucopoda, Eost., plant, x 25.
„ 166. Spores of same, x 350 ; one spore, x 1200.
PLATE 7.
Fig. 167. Didymium sinapinum, Mass., plants, x 40.
„ 168. Spores of same, x 350 ; a portion of one x 1200.
„ 169. Triehia varia, var. nigripes, Rost., plants, X 4 0 ; a, before
dehiscence ; b, after dehiscence.
„ 170. Triehia varia, var. genuina, Eost., plants, x 40.
„ 171. Spores of same, x 350.
„ 172. Portion of spore and tip of elater of same, x 1200.
„ 173. Triehia Carlylei, Mass., plants, x 40.
„ 174. Spores and an elater of same, x 360.
„ 175. Portion of sporangial wall of same, seen from the inside, showing
the purple masses of organic matter, x 350.
„ 176. Badhamia nitens. Berk., plants, x 40.
„ 177. Spores of same ; a, in clusters ; h, detached, x 350.
„ 178. Single spore of same, x 1200.
„ 179. Portion of capillitium of same, X 350.
„ 180. Triehia intermedia, Mass., plants, x 40.
Eig. 181. Two spores of same, showing the extreme variations of markings ;
a, having the bands all united to form a network ; h, having
the bands not at all combined, x 1200.
„ 182. Portion of an elater of same, x 1200.
„ 183. Tric/iw/liirpiirasceiis, Nyl., plants, x 40.
„ 184. Spores and elaters of same, x 350 ; portion of a spore, x 1200.
„ 185. Oligonema Broomei, Mass., plants, x 40.
„ 186. Spores and elater of same, x 350.
„ 187. Leoearpus fragilis, Eost., plants, x 25.
„ 188. Pale-coloured form of same, x 25.
„ 189. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350; portion of a
spore, X 1200.
„ 190. Fidigo varians, Rost., a smaE specimen ; nat. size.
„ 191. Section of same ; nat. size.
„ 192. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350.
„ 193. Oligonema nitens, Eost., group of plants, x 40.
„ 194. Portion of capillitium of same, x 350.
„ 195. Spore of same, x 1200.
PLATE 8.
F ig. 196. Physarum tenerum, Rex., x 100.
„ 197. Ophiotheca Wrightii, Berk, and Curtis ; portion of capillitium
thread, x 1200.
„ 198. Ophiotheca vermieularis, Mass., portion of capillitium thread,
X 1230.
„ 198«. Spore of same, x 1200.
„ 199. Ophiotheca reticulata, Mass., group of specimens showing various
forms of the venulose plasmodiocarp, x 50.
„ 200. Portion of same showing the numerous free arms, a, a, of the
capillitium, and the attachment of the latter to the wall of the
sporangium, h, x 600.
„ 201. Orcadella opercidata, Wingate ; two entire specimens ; a, the
deciduous operculum, x 100.
„ 202. Lamproderma Listeri, Mass., showing a specimen after the disappearance
of the sporangial wall, and the dispersion of the
spores ; a, stem, passing into the hypothallus, h ; c, remains of
the wall of the sporangium, which forms a frill round the apex
of the stem ; d, columella, w'hieh in the present specimen is
expanded in an irregnlarly discoid manner at the apex ; e,
threads of the capillitium which originate from the discoid
apex of the columella, x 400.
„ 203. Spore of same, x 1200.
„ 204. Lachnobolus globosns, Schweinitz. A specimen growing on a
spine of tlie involucre of the sweet chesluut ; a, the basal permanent
portion of the sporangium, x 100.