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than the filaments of "muguet." Partition walls could be 

 clearly seen, especially towards the ends of the primitive filaments, 

 and in the secondary branches. Gubler could not find spores in 

 the inside of the filaments, but only free in the sporidia which 

 floated about in the water used for microscopical examination. 

 The sporidia were elliptical in form, straight or slightly bent, and 

 divided into two cavities by a partition wall. Montagu regards 

 this parasite as a Leptomitus, or a cryptogam standing nearly 

 related to it. 



Literature. ' Proces verbaux des Seances de la Societe Bio- 

 logic/ Samedi, 24 Janv., 1852 ; Hobin, 1. c., pp. 364 and 365 ; 

 'Atlas/ x, fig. 1. 



VII. Leptomitus Uteri. 



Lebert, in 1850, found an Alga in uterine mucus, which has 

 since been more accurately described by Robin. It consists 



1. Of naked tubes, which are more or less elongated and 

 branched, and are without partition walls and granulations in 

 their interior. 



2. Of tubes a little broader, articulated, and furnished with 

 partition walls of varying length, and sometimes branched, and 

 which are terminated by granulated masses or spores. 



3. Of spores which are sometimes formed of ovoid, elongated, 

 granulated cells, with one or two clear drops in their interior, 

 and sometimes of ovoid or spherical cells with prolongations. 

 The last cell of the receptaculum which bears the spores is 

 ordinarily more swollen than the others, and a little granulated. 



Lebert thinks that the spores of this Alga might be destroyed 

 by injections into the neck of the uterus. 



Literature. A communication from Lebert to Robin, pub- 

 lished in the work of the latter on the ' History of Vegetable 

 Parasites/ pp. 366 and 367; ( Atlas/ v, fig. 1. 



VIII. Leptomitus (?) Mud uterini. Tab. II A, fig. 1. 



This alga was found by Wilkinson in a morbid puriform dis- 

 charge from the uterus of a woman seventy-six years old. It 

 consisted of primary and secondary filaments, the latter of which 

 were from ^th to ^th of an inch in diameter. The edges were 



