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Three plants of Vibrissea margarita, White, the natural size. 
A plant magnified five times. 
A perpendicular section of the same. 
An ascus and three paraphyses, showing the mode of branching in the latter. 
An ascus with a part removed, to show the sporidia. 
Sporidia. 
A portion of the cortical tissue showing the hairs on the stem. Figures 13-16 magnified nearly 
400 times. 
* Vibrissea microscopica, natural size. 
Plants magnified 50 times. 
Plants magnified 100 times. 
A section, magnified 100 times. 
Cup and sporidia as represented on original specimen by Messrs. Berkeley and Broome. 
A group of asci and paraphyses, magnified nearly 400 times. 
Three sporidia, magnified same as last. ; 
A portion of the tissue of the receptacle, magnified to the same extent. 
Puate II. 
. A group of Vibrissea Guernisaci, natural size. 
. A plant magnified five times. 
. А section of the same. 
. An ascus and the paraphyses, magnified nearly 400 times. 
Two sporidia, magnified the same. 
A section of the cortical tissue, magnified the same. І 
А portion of the mycelial threads, magnified the same. 
Vibrissea pezizoides, Lib., natural size. 
. An individual magnified ten times, showing the upperside. 
. Another, showing the underside. 
. Two—one showing the side view, and one a transverse section through the centre. 
. A group of asci and paraphyses, magnified nearly 400 times. 
. Two sporidia, magnified to the same extent. 
. Vibrissea turbinata, natural size. 
. Four individuals, magnified ten times. 
. A perpendicular section through the centre, magnified ten times. 
. A group of asci and paraphyses. 
. Three sporidia removed from the ascus. 
. Vibrissea leptospora, the natural size. 
. À group of individuals magnified five times. 
. Asci and paraphyses, magnified to about 400 times. 
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Sporidia, magnified to the same degree. 
23. A fragment of the receptacle, showing structure of tissue. 
