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sporangia very abundant, scattered irregularly throughout the surface 

 of the tube-like plant body. 



In quiet coves according to Saunders (13) p. 420. 



22. MYRIONEMA Greville 



1. Myrionema strangulans Grev. Crypt. Fl. p. 300. Fig. 32 



Plants forming small dark-brown patches on other algae, five to ten 



mm. or more in diameter; composed of a flat layer of decumbent cohering 



filaments from which arise the short, simple erect filaments ; sporangia on 



short stalks or sessile between the erect filaments. 



Growing on Ulva Lactuca and other algae in the lower littoral zone. 



Scytosiphon 

 lomentarius 



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Myelophycus 

 intestinalis 



Myrionema 

 strangulans 



PLATE 60 



Fig. 30. Sketch of plant. X about 0.25. 



Fig. 31. Sketch of plant. (After Saunders.) X about 0.25. 



Fig. 32. a. Sketch of a top view of a "patch" on Ulva Lactuca; u, 

 Ulva cells ; b, sketch showing rows of cells ; s, sporangium. X about 400. 



Fig. 33. Diagram of a vertical section through a thallus showing 

 closely connected filaments. X about 400. 



