;90 The Fungus Disease of India. [part ii. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVIL 



1. Section of a specimen of the dark variety of the disease, showing a large mass in the substance of the 

 second metatarsal bone, with cavities and channels containing black masses in the soft tissues. An isolated 

 lobule of subcutaneous fat affected by the degeneration is present beneath the base of the fii-st phalanx of the toe 

 {vide page 362). 



2. tSection of another specimen, in which the disease was principally developed round the ankle, showing 

 the freedom of the tendons from degeneration, although surrounded by diseased tissue. In the subcutaneous 

 fat of the dorsum of the foot several isolated spots of degeneration have been exposed by the section {vide 

 page 359). 



3. Red particles from a specimen of the disease (v\de page 351), — 40. 



4. Similar bodies more highly magnified, — 92. 



5. 6. Specimens showing transitions of the subcutaneous fat into the caseous matter forming the concretion 

 in the pale variety of the disease {;oidc page 350) — slightly magnified. 



