Contributions from the Cryptogamic Laboratory of Har- 
vard University. XXVIII. 
New or peculiar aquatic fungi. 2. Gonapodya Fischer and 
Myrioblepharis, zov. gen. 
ROLAND THAXTER. 
WITH PLATE XXXI. 
GONAPODYA Fischer. 
In the preceding note on Monoblepharis reference was made 
to the history of this genus which was erected by A. Fischer’ 
to receive the single species formerly described by Reinsch? 
as Saprolegnia siliguaeformis. The form was subsequently 
referred by Cornu? to his Monoblepharis prolifera* but since 
this name had not been associated with any description or re- 
cognizable figure and since its relation to Monoblepharis must 
remain in doubt until more definite information is obtained 
zoosporangia and resulting from a fertilization of the oosphere 
by motile antherozoids. Beyond this mere statement, which, 
to the writer's regret, was overlooked in connection with the 
Previous note on Monoblepharis, no further information and 
no figures of any kind have been published. Although, how- 
€ver, this statement must be accepted as it stands, from so 
» Rabh. Kryptogamenfl. 1*: 382. 1892. 
Pringsheim’s Jahrb. f. wiss. Bot. 11: 293. 1876. 
ua fe) : I ‘ 
ri Idem 18; 59. 1871.—Annales d. Sci. Nat. Bot. V. 15: 16. 1872. Van 
teghem, Traite de Botanique 1029. fig. 620,2. 
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