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viduality is surprising. Schultze ('63), Cienkowski 

 ('63) and DeBary ('64) remarked how Myxomycetes 

 came into intimate superficial contact without estab- 

 lishing protoplasmic continuity. The same has caused 

 surprise to the observers of most kinds of organisms 

 that have flowing protoplasm. 



The more or less permanent fusion of individuals has 

 been observed in all classes of protozoa, a majority 



Table 9. 



Some Species of Protozoa in Which Fusion of Individuals or Their 



Parts was Observed, Where it Seems Reasonably Certain 



That the Fusion was Agamic and That the Individuals 



Were Originally Separate 



