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3. Leocarpus fragilis (Dicks.) Host. A. Sketch of a few sporangia 

 shewing habit of growth. B. A portion of that part of the capil- 

 litium filled with granules x 166. C. Portion of hyaline part of 

 same x 166. D. A group of spores x 166. 



13. Cribaria macrocarpa Schrad. A.. Sketch of a sporangium. B. 

 Portion of wall of sporangium after spore dispersal taken from 

 upper part of net x 166. C. Spores x 300. 



9. Plasmodiophora brassicae Woron. A. Sketch of a turnip shewing 

 distorted growth due to parasite. B. Portion of a section through 

 one of the irregular swellings shewing cells filled with the spores of 

 the species x 300. 



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