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The six daughtei 

 daughters all com 



ual coenobium of the same 6-gonidiate form, 

 form three pairs of different sizes. The 

 in gonidia. Specimen 19. X 100. 



same form containing four male 

 coenobia that are nearly equal in size. Specimen 21. X 100. 

 The most-nearly mature asexual coenobium of this lot. It measures 

 470 by 570 m. The left side is partly hidden by the shellac ring 

 of the mount. Specimen 20. X 100. 

 in asexual coenobium of the same lot with four much-crowded 

 sexual daughters, all apparently female, but possibly bisexual. 

 Specimen 22. X 100. 

 L nearly globular asexual coenobium from another source. It 

 contains two daughters that have the phialopores open, and 

 three gonidia or young embryos. Specimen 37. X 100. 

 Ln asexual coenobium from the same source as the preceding. It 

 contains four nearly equal daughters with the phialopores still 

 open. Specimen 38. X 100. 

 i. nearly globular asexual coenobium from the same source as 

 those shown in Plate 5, figs. 31 to 34 and 36. It contains two 

 daughters and one embryo. Each of the daughters contains 

 four gonidia. Specimen 33. x 100. 

 Plate 5 

 Fig. 30. An asexual coenobium of Merrillosphaera africana different in 

 source from all the others. Each of the daughters contains 

 four gonidia in pairs. Specimen 34. X 100. 

 An asexual coenobium of the 6-gonidiate form. It is 410 by 

 450 p. The four larger daughters contain six gonidia each, 

 and the two smaller ones four each. Specimen 27. X 99. 

 An asexual coenobium from the same source as that of the one 

 shown in the preceding figure. The daughters each contain four 

 gonidia. Specimen 28. x 100. 

 An asexual coenobium from the same source as the preced 



Specimen 30. x 100. 

 Another asexual coenobium from the same source. Specimen 



A young coenobium from the same source as that shown i 

 38. It contains three embryos. Specimen 36. x 100. 



An asexual coenobium with four daughters of nearly equal size. 

 This is from the same source as those of figs. 29, and 31 i 

 Specimen 32. x 100. 



An asexual coenobium from the same source as those of figs. 29, 

 31 to 34, and 36. It contains two asexual and two sexual 

 daughters. The asexual daughters contain four and three < 

 bryos in 2- to 8-celled stages. The sexual daughters contain 

 eighteen and twenty-three reproductive bodies. Specimen 29. 



100. 



that of fig. 35. 



