JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPICAL SCIENCE. 



PLATE I. 

 Illustrates Mr. Gorham's Paper. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 11. 

 Illustrating Mr. Currey's Paper. 



Fig. 



1. — A thread of Trichia chrysosperma. 



2. — The end of a similar thread acted upon by sulphuric acid. The 



spiral appearance has vanished for a short space from the end. 

 3. — The end of a similar thread which had been soaked in oil of lemons. 



The tip appears to have become flaccid, and the spiral marking 



has partially disappeared. 

 4. — A thread of Trichia nigrijjes. 

 5. — A portion of a thread of Trichia Neesiana, acted upon by Schulz's 



solution. 

 6. — The tip of the same. 



7 and 8. — Portions of threads of Trichia serpula. 

 9. — Portion of a thread of Trichia pyriformis. 

 10. — The membrane of Trichia pyriformis, unrolling spirally. 



All the figures are highly magnified. 



