PLATE 2 
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 
Glugea braceata sp. nov. 
1 Parasite in situ, < 12. 
2 Section through abdomen containing parasites, < 12. 
3 Section through sporulating Myxosporidium, x 470; f., fat body tissues 
still attached. 
4 Portion of Myxosporidium showing budding of sporonts, < 470. 
5 A newly formed sporont, < 1400. 
6 Sporoblasts in process of formation, within sporont, X 1400. 
7 Pansporoblast = Sporont containing 8 complete sporoblasts, 1400. 
8 Empty shell of pansporoblast with a little chromatic material and surplus 
cytoplasm still adhering, < 1400. 
9and10 Aggregate of sporoblasts, stained with haematoxylin and orange-G, 
x 1400. 
ll and12 Aggregates of spores unstained X 1400. P 
13 to 16 Maturation of the spore, stained with azure and eosin, X 1400. 
17 End to end view of a mature spore, X 1400. 
18 Mature spore, unstained, with filament ejected, < 1400. 
19 and 20 Diagrammatic representation of maturing sporoblast to show the 
formation of the vacuole, < 7000. 
21 and 22 Diagram of maturation of the spore, nucleus dividing and cyto- 
plasm becoming more dense, x 7000. 
23 Diagram of situation of polar capsule, with enclosed filament, < 7000. 
24 Diagram of spore with filament ejected, x 7000. 
25 The swollen knob at the base of the filament. 
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