EXPLANATION OF PLATE II 



PericJiastia corticalis (Batsch) Rost., p. 185. 



Fig. i. Sporangia, x 10. 



Fig. i a. A single spore, as if in section, x 900. 



Fig. i b. The capillitial thread, x 750. 



Lachnobolits occidentalis Macbr., p. 188. 



Fig. 2. The sporangia, x 8. 



Fig. 2 a. A portion of the capillitium, x 750. 



Fig. 2 />. Spores, x 750. 



Arcyi'ia cinerea (Bull.) Pers.. p. 196. 

 Fig. 3. The expanded fructifications, : 5. 

 Fig. 311. Tip of a single capiilitium mass, x 40. 



LacJiiiiibilns occidentalis Macbr., p. 188. 



Fig. 4. A cluster of sporangia, x 3 ; cylindric type. 



Fig. \a. Capillitium, x 740: to show characteristic surface of the threads. 



Arcyria denudata (Linn.) Pers., p. 195. 

 Fig 5. Sporangia, two expanded, one still closed, x 20. 

 Fig. 5<7. A part of the capillitium of the same species, x 750. 



Arcyria inttans (Bull.) Grev., p. 191. 



Fig. 6. Expanded capillitium, etc., x 10. 



Fig. f)tt. Capillitium, x 740. 



Fig 6l>. A piece of the capillitium thread, x 1400. 



Ophiotheca ivrightii B. and C., p. 182. 



Fig. 7. A single sporangium, x 8. 



Fig. 7 a. A node of the capillitial thread, x 750. 



Fig. 7 b. A spore, x 750. 



Oligtincma nitens (Lib.) Host., p. 221. 



Fig. 8. A single elater, x 750. 

 Figs. 8 a and 8^. Spores, x 1000. 



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