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ORDER VI. CARYOPHANALES 



ni'ti.dus. L. adj. nitidus shining, glitter- 

 ing. 



Cells very distinct, the length equal to 

 the breadth of the trichome. Trichomes 

 very long, transparent, usually grow in twos 

 or fours, pointed at the origin, rounded at 

 the termination, 5 by 2083 microns. Spore- 

 like bodies, formed within the cells, are 

 usually solitary, oblique, oval and amor- 

 phous, 2.0 by 3.5 microns. 



Source: Found in the intestine of the 

 milliped (Julus marginatus) . 



Habitat: Found in considerable quantity 

 with a profusion of Enterobryus elegans from 

 the mucous membrane of the posterior por- 

 tion of the rectum of Julus marginatus. 



4. Arthromitus batrachorum Collin, 

 1913. (Arch. Zool. Exper. et G6n., 51, 1913, 

 63.) 



ba.tra.cho'rum. Gr. noun batrachus frog; 

 L. gen. pi. noun batrachorum of frogs. 



Cells colorless, granular, 2.0 to 3.0 by 3.5 

 microns. Trichomes are non-branching and 

 grow indefinitely. At various places in the 

 trichomes some cells are thicker than oth- 

 ers, and occasionally debris is seen alongside 

 the trichomes, resulting from the rupture 

 thereof. Each cell has a spore, round to ellip- 

 soidal, obliquely situated within the cell. 

 At first the spores are quite small and stain 

 intensely by cold staining techniques. Later 

 the spores become more voluminous and, 

 when completely mature, are no longer 

 stained without heat. The sporulation of a 

 given cell occurs independently of that of 

 any other cell in the same trichome. 



Source : Found in the rectum of a frog tad- 

 pole {Alytes sp.) and from the alimentary 

 tracts of toad tadpoles {Bufo calamita). 



Habitat: Found in the intestinal tract of 

 amphibians so far as is known. 



Genus II. Coleomitvis Duboscq and Grasse, 1930. 

 (Arch. Zool. Exper. et G^n., 70, 1930, Notes et Revue, 28.) 



Co.le.o.mi'tus. Gr. noun coleus sheath; Gr. noun mitus thread; M.L. mas.n. Coleomitus 

 sheathed thread. 



Long trichomes, divided by partitions. Bacillary elements in basal region. Ovoid or ellip- 

 soidal spores in other parts of the trichome originate by transformation from these bacil- 

 lary elements through sporoblasts. 



The type species is Coleomitus pruvotii Duboscq and Grasse. 



1. Coleomitus pruvotii (Duboscq and 

 Grasse, 1929) Duboscq and Grasse, 1930. 

 (Coleonema pruvoti (sic) Duboscq and 

 Grasse, Arch. Zool. Exper. et G^n., 68, 1929, 

 Notes et Revue, 14; Coleomitus pruvoti (sic) 

 Duboscq and Grass^, ibid., 70, 1930, N. et 

 R., 28.) 



pru.vo'ti.i. M.L. gen. noun pruvotii of 

 Pruvot; named for Pruvot. 



Trichomes, with hyaline sheath, 1.3 mi- 



crons wide, length variable, up to 320 mi- 

 crons. Bacillary elements are 3 to 4 microns 

 long; elements up to 6 microns long with a 

 chromatic granule or disc in the middle of 

 the body also occur. Spores ellipsoidal, 0.8 

 to 0.9 by 1.7 to 2.0 microns, all containing 

 an eccentrically placed granule of volutin. 

 Source: Found in the intestine of a ter- 

 mite (Kalotermes sp.) from the Loyalty 

 Islands. 



