350 A Monograph of the Myxogastres. 



FIG. 147. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350. 

 148. Spore of same, x 1200. 

 149. Lamproderma iridea, Cooke, plants, x 40. 

 150. Spores of same, x 350. 



151. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350. 

 152. Lamproderma violacea, Host., plants, x 40. 

 153. Portion of capillitium of same, x 350. 

 154. Spores of same, x 1200. 



155. Stemonitis fusca, Host., group of plants ; nat. size. 

 156. Single plant of same with the sporangial wall and spores blown 



away, showing the dense capillitium, x 100. 

 157. Portion of capillitium and spores of same ; , part of columella ; 



b, main branches of capillitium originating from the columellu, 



which branch and anastomose irregularly, the meshes becoming 



email towards the periphery, x 350. 



,, 158. Stemonitis Carlylei, Mass., group of plants, x 10. 

 ,, 159. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350. 

 160. Stemonit is femtginea, Ehr., plants, x 8. 

 161. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350. 

 162. Stemonitis fusca, R., var. a. ; plants, x 6. 

 163. Portion of capillitium and spores of same, x 350. 

 ,, 164. Spore of same, x 1200. 

 165. Diachaea leucopoda, Host., plant, x 25. 

 166. Spores of same, x 350 ; one spore, x 1200. 



PLATE 7. 



FIG. 167. Didymium sinapinum, Mass., plants, x 40. 



168. Spores of same, x 350 ; a portion of one x 1200. 



169. Trichia varia, var. nigripes, Host., plants, x 40 ; , before 



dehiscence ; b, after dehiscence. 



170. Trichia varia, var. gennina, Eost., plants, x 40. 



171. Spores of same, x 350. 



172. Portion of spore and tip of elater of same, x 1200. 



173. Trichia Carlylei, Mass., plants, x 40. 



174. Spores and an elater of same, x 350. 



175. Portion of sporangial wall of same, seen from the inside, showing 



the purple masses of organic matter, x 350. 



176. Badhamia nitens, Berk., plants, x 40. 



177. Spores of same ; a, in clusters ; b, detached, x 350. 



178. Single spore of same, x 1200. 



179. Portion of capillitium of same, x 350. 



180. Trichia intermedia, Mass., plants, x 40. 



