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on its characters as on those allied groups, will no 

 doubt better assure its position here or elsewhere. 

 Its species are epiphytic on other Algae and show 

 small differentiation as regards the thallus. M. 



FIG. 23.Myriotric)iia clavrrformi*. a, plant with sporangia, magnified ; b, 

 part of same, more highly magnified ; c, plurilocular sporangia. (After N- 

 Karsakoff.) 



clavccfwmis, which grows on Scytosiphon, is a small 

 filamentous Alga, densely clothed with branches and 

 hairs above, while remaining simple below. It con- 

 sists at first of a cell-row, growing in length by 



