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cmptied it very often happens that a new one grows out inside the 

 one that is emptied. The eells of the erect filaments are about 9 fi 

 broad. I have not found hairs on this plant. 



This species bears some resemblance to the Mijrionema glo- 



Fig. 79. Mijrionema færoense nov. spec. a, b and c erect filaments with plurilocular sporangia; rf, e and 



f part of the buse with erect filaments in transverse section (</ from the margin); g part of the basal disc. 



a, b and c 160 : 1; </. e, f, g 390 : 1. 



bosum I have shown in fig. 76, though the latter dillers widely 

 from it in many respects, more particularly in the copious ramification 

 of its erect filaments; in its narrower, almost cylindrical sporangia 

 which are usually sessile and spring several from the same cell; in 

 the common occurrence of hairs, etc. ; all of which are characters 

 serving to keep M. globosum quite distinct from the present species. 

 This species occurs epiphytic on Rhodijmenia, occurring on its 



