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Compsonema intricattim S. and G. 



Fig. 1. A diagrammatic illustration of a part of a plant. 



Fig. 2. A part of a plant showing a variety of forms of gametangia, lateral 

 and pedicellate or sessile, terminal, and intercalary; also numerous zoospo- 

 rangia(?) on the same plant and also, in some cases, on the same filament. X 125. 



Fig. 3. A small part of a plant showing the acute erect filaments, and 

 pedicellate gametangia and zoosporangia. X 225. 



Compsonema streMonematoides S. and G. 



Fig. 4. A part of a section through a plant and its underlying host, showing 

 a ba.sal filament on the surface and rhizoidal filaments penetrating into the host, 

 and erect filaments and gametangia above. X 250. 



Compsonema nummuloides S. and G. 



Fig. 5. A segment of the sterile creeping filaments showing the method of 

 branching. X 125. 



Fig. 6. Eight fragments of plants showing the various shapes and positions 

 of the gametangia and the character of the erect filaments. X 125 



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