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examined bj Dr. linger, w li u rowth, it 



• c \iri-iiii' t'n. 

 greatlj resemble, in general ap] 



i I v an extremity abuul I an inch in d 



cell, within which is cofli iutermixed with j 



Dr. 1 - us that at 1 1 1 i — . 



lime iici starch is present, but the 

 whole of the green matter is ol th<- 

 ire of gum, as is prov< 1 bj the 

 ■n nt iodine upon it. The c 

 the cell are Been to I"* i:i 

 motion, directing th< m- 

 solvee in lines such pre- 



I at I ig. While thi- i- 



i), the end of the cell con- 

 fine, iw, and at the - 

 tunc the contents collect at the 

 extremity, and distend i: into a 

 I head in form resembling s 

 cluli. immediately after which a 

 chambi r is formed, and then the 

 ■ Btage nt fructification is ac- 

 complished. The next change is 

 observed to take place in the gra- 

 nular matter of the clubhead, which 

 itself enlarges, while the contents 

 gain opaqueness, and by degi 



themselves in five or -i\- 

 rided meshes, which are in reality 

 the sides <it' angular bodies, that 

 • apidly forming at the expense 

 ■ it the mucilage above mentioned, ' ■ ' "• 



which ha-- disappeared. It is nut the [east surprising part "i tin- lii-i >ry, that all tin' 

 changes above mentioned take place in tin- course of an In mi- or an hour and a half, s 

 a patient obst rver ma\ actually witness the creation ol this singular plant. At thi- time 

 :<!l tlif vital energy set ms directed towards changing the angular bodies in tin- ins 

 tin clubhead into propagating germs or spores. Meanwhile the clubhead grows 

 them a little room, and they in their turn alter their form ami become 

 Then i' is that is witnessed the surprising phenomenon of spontaneous motion in tin 4 



-. which, notwithstanding the narrow space in which they an- born, act wit] 

 rigour that at last they force a way through tin' end of the clubhead. Al 

 spore gets out into tin- water, then another, and another, till at last tin- clubhead is 

 emptied. All this takes place with such rapidity that a minute or two suffice for the 

 complete evacuation of the clubhead or spore-chamber. The Bpores, when thi 

 their way into the water, are generally egg-shaped, and swim iti, I 

 most : but they an- often deformed, in consequence of the narrowness of the hole 

 through which they have bad to pass. It even happens that thej -tick fast in the hole, 

 ami perish there They arc extremely small, their breadth not exi 



r some days past Instead of its usual bright) urfacehas 



i with «hat appear* to tin- naked eye a tort ol nasty I 

 Mornings, when it has I Ij calm, this scumhat 



the afternoon, ail (posed tot! Is broken down I 



of the wind, which, if it blows pretty (reeh, ilisj - u 



unusual substance In a tumbler of salt water, and > i tittle lur] 



on the surface, in the form of a scum, -.mi.- parti 

 Conor, it tinged the whi of a beautiful violet, w 



icket, in which it was brought from I . had acquired U 



appeared to us the other day, when it was Ten abundant, 



ful tint. We found, on minute .. that it i 



spindle shaped bodies, each of which, in Its turn, was a bundle of 

 and seemingly very brittle. We have no doubt but it i- a < 

 similar to the green substance which c 

 unpleasant featui i odour. When we in books 



through seas of a blood-COlour, and similar WOO I 



liKrtv of a traveller ; but wil ich a phenoma 



lit." 



vil. Achlya prolifera. — 1. The dub-i 

 3. t as pore-chamber much leas magnified, containin *n*l » dti I 



piece of the thread at an early period, with the lints of in. I 



