184 FETCH : PHALT-OIDEJE OF CEYLON. 



Fig. 2. Cross section tlirough tho cap of Dictyophora irpicina 

 taken about tho middle X 20. The parenchymatous tissue is 

 unshaded : the gleba is shown in black. 



Fig. 3. Longitudinal sections tlirough the cap of Dictyophora 

 phalloidea, sliowing tlie variation in the attachment to the stalk. 

 Diagrammatic. 



Figs. 4, 5. Clathrella delicata. Nat. size. Specimens renioved 

 from the volva, sliowing the variation in the lengtli of the 

 stalk. 



Fig. 6. Cross section of an arm of Clathrella delicata X 8. 

 Outer surf ace winged , inner surface rounded. 



Fig. 7. Arms of Clathrella delicata X 8. Outer surface. 



Fig. S. Arms of Clathrella delicata X 8. Inner surface, with 

 triangular masses of spores at the nodes. 



Fig. 9. Arms of Clathrella delicata X 16. Side view, showing 

 the spore-bearing cup, which results from the perforation of the 

 wall of the superficial cliamber at the node. 



Fig. 10. Aseroe rubra. Nat. size. Unexpanded specimen, 

 removed from the volva. Viewed from above. Showing the 

 infolding of the arms. 



Fig. 11. Aseroe rubra. Specimen of fig. 10 viewed laterally. 



Fig. 12 Part of the disc of Aseroe rubra, showing the ridges 

 on the deep red area surrounding the mouth of the stalk, and the 

 projecting teeth. Nat. size. 



Fig. 13. Longitudinal section through the disc and stalk of 

 Aseroe rubra, between a pair of arms. Nat. size. ^ 



Figs. 14, 15. Cross sections through arms of Aseroe rubra. 

 X 4. 



PI. 17. Figs. 16, 17. Copies of Thwaites's figures, named 

 Simhluin gracile by Berkeley and Broome. Nat. size. 



Fig. 18. Colus Gardneri. Copy of Thwaites's figure named 

 Lysurus Gardneri by Berkeley and Broome. It is exceptional in 

 having a pointed ajaex. The specimen had four arnas only. Nat. 

 size. 



Fig. 19. An arm of Colus Gardneri. Nat. size. 



Fig. 20. Cross section of the stalk of Colus Gardneri. Nat. 

 size. 



Fig. 2 1 . Cross section through the head of Colus Gardneri. Nat. 



size. 



Fig. 22. Cross section through the arms of Colus Gardneri, 

 below the gleba-bearing part. Nat. size. 



Fig. 23. Head of Colus Gardneri, viewed from above, showing 

 the junction of the arms. Nat. size. 



Fig. 24. Cross section tlirough an arm of Colus Gardneri, show- 

 ing the gleba-bearing processes. X 4. 



