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this fiin-us as follow-:' " ^ji/nn;-/<, th- form> it.- c.inip.Miinl 



sporophore in the ovule of it- host. AYhen the ovule i- normally 



and fully developed in the vouii-' tl>wer, the parasite, which 



ahvay- grows through the flower-stalk into the place of in-cnion 



of the ovary, -ends its hyphae from the t'uniculus into the ovule, 



where they rise lii-li<T and hi-her and -urround and penetrate 



its tissue to such an extent as 



almost entirely supplant it, and 



thus an ovoid fiin-u--L.dv of 



densely interwoven hyphae take- 



the ].lace of the ovule. The 



micropylar end of the inte-ti- 



ments alone escapes the change, 



and remain- a- a conical tip 



i Fi-. 1 J4 < ') on the apex of the 



fun_ !y and uradually turns 



in-own and dries up. The fun-us- 



liody is at first colourless and 



uniformly composed ,,f niudi- 



branched liyphae, which are 



woven to-viher into a compact 



ma-s and have the -vial inoiis 



walls of the simple sp.nophore of 



/ " ''tlnijn to lie de.M-rilied ln.'loW. 



ha- retained its ovoid 

 as it -teadily increased 

 in volume, ditfeiviitiation lie-ins 



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tirst in the apical iv-ion into a 

 coniparati\-ely thick outer wall 

 which is closed all round, an 

 le columnar cylindrical or 

 chili-shaped Lidy, the columella, 

 Lith ]>art- rcinainin- coloiirle->. and a ddi-e sjmre-ma-s which 

 tills tin- -pace lieiween the iwo and liecoine-, of a dark violet 



eolour i Fi--. 1 'i \ C, /'). The lower part which corresponds to 



the funiciilus and diala/a of the ..vule remain.- iindill'en-niiated, 

 and an almndant formation of new hyphae i- c.nistaiitlv takiu- 

 place in it. '|'hi- n.-w formation i-> -o added from In-low to 

 differentiated portion, thai tin- lati.-r constantly in. re. 



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