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„highly puzzling as to its real nature — one which offers but few 

 ,,rescmblances to recognised and described objects. Its outward 

 „facics" and its most striking resemblances doubtless suggest affinity 

 jjto the Labyrinthuleae, especially L. vitellina Cicnk., but this may 

 ,,be a mere resemblance, nothing more, if we were actjuainted with 

 ,,its development. It, like the marine forms, has a resemblance to 

 ,,Cienkowski's as yet, even to him enigmatical fungal (from the fiower- 

 ,,pot); it has a less striking resemblance to conditions of Alycetozoa, 

 „as pointed out also by Cicnkowski. In the absence of a ,, nucleus" 

 „it agrees witli Monera (Uackcl). But whilst is as yet shows no 

 ,, fructification", no reproductive process, in any more strict sense of 

 ,,the word, a decision as to its real nature must remain in abeyance. 

 ,, Meantime, in itself and its specialities, it is an existence quite 

 j, distinct from any other hitherto described, at least so far as I have 

 „noticed." 



Gkddks, der dcm Organismus ebenfalls cine gesonderte Stellung 

 anweist und fur dcnsclben die Familie der Chlamndomjfxida bildet, 

 sagt am Schluss seiner Abhandlung: „\Vhat are the affineties, and 

 ,,what should be the systematic position of so protean an organism.? 

 „Mr. AucHKii's reference to the Labyrintnlidia can scarcely suffice 

 ,,us, even if a question did not immediately arise as to their position 

 ,,and affineties. Its semi -amoeboid character in the resting stage, 

 „and its exalted amoeboid activity wheen motile, might tempt one 

 „rather to refer it to the Thalamophora, Its cellulose wall, its red, 

 ,, green, and yellow colouring matter makes it seem rather referable 

 ,,to the Algae, as view greatly strengthened by the existence of a 

 ,,Protococcus stage, while, as my friend i\Ir. Macfarlane suggests, it 

 „would thus take the place among the lower Algae which the Myxo- 

 ,,mycetes do among the lower fungi. On the whole I am inclined 

 ,,to regard .it as a degenerate form from the Palmellaceous Algae, 

 ,,but one sufficiently aberrant to take place alone, and form the type 

 „of a new order, the CJilaviDdomixida. In any case, it is almost an 

 „ideal ,,Protist'\ and cannot be distinctly appropriated by either 

 „botanist or zoologist without a certain violence to the other." 



AsKKNASY und BuTsruiJ stellen, wie oben bereits bemerkt ist, 

 den Organismus in die Nahc der Rhizopoden , doch fiihrt letzterer 

 C/ila7Jifjdofni/xa in seiner systematischen Uebersicht der Rhizopoden 

 in seinem bekannten Werke nicht mit auf, ebcnso wie dort auch 

 die Gattung LabijrintJuda ganzlich fehlt, obglcich sowohl Copicn der 

 CiENKOWsKY'schen Abbildungen von Labifrinthnla, als auch der 

 AuciiKu'schen Tafel VI, das Ausschwiirmcn von Chlamndomyxa 

 darstellend, auf Tafel I des Biitschli'schen Protozooenwerkes gegeben 



sind. 



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