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Sauvageau, to whom I sent some preparations, writes to me: »C'est 

 un Chilionema nov. spec, mais vos preparations sont insuffisantes«. 

 Later on I have tried to examine the plant more closely, but have 

 only partially succeeded in doing so owing to the material being 

 apparently rather undeveloped. In fig. 82 I have shown some frag- 



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Fig. 82. Chilionema spec. Different parts of the plant, compare text. it. b 200:1; c, d, e, f, g 300:1. 



ments ol* the plant. The basal disc has a distinctly marginal growth 

 (fig. 82, f and g) and consists of closely united, branching filaments. 

 The greater part of the disc is composed of two layers of cells 

 owing lo the cells dividing in a direction parallel to the surface 

 of the disc; only liere and there a few undividcd cells occur. The 

 cells are about 10 ;i broad. 



As is characteristic of the genus Chilionema (cfr. Sauvageau, 

 Myrionémacées, p. 103), the erect filaments and sporangia occur in 

 scattered groups on the surface of the basal disc, surrounded by 



