iv] PEZIZALES in 



attached antheridium if the latter developed at a distance. But branching 

 might also be regarded as a secondary or vegetative development, appearing 

 after normal fertilization had i ea led to occur. 



The presence of pores in the transverse septa of the trichogyne suggests 

 that the function of that organ in relation to an antheridium has only 

 recently been lost. 



Fig. 67. Humaria granulata Quel.; young archicarp, X320; after Blackmail 



ami Fraser. 



The ascogenous hyphae contain many nuclei irregularly arranged. Asci 

 in- formed in the usual way; their nuclei show about eight chromosomes 

 in the first division. Owing to the small size of the nuclei further cytological 

 details have not been studied in this species. 



