AMONG SIMPLE SAKCODE ORGANISMS. 



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vering ; but he believes that the amceboid brood is directly derived 

 from the hyaline bodies, which he regards as the germs or spores 

 of the Pelomyxa. 



The only form of reproduction observed by F. E. Schulze in 

 Felomyxa was a division of the whole body*. 



The rods are scattered in great numbers in the parenchyma. 

 They are composed of an organic substance; but Grreeif was 

 not able to determine diny thing as to their origin or signi- 

 ficance. 



Fig. 5. 



Pelomyxa palustris. A, the entire rliizopod as it appears when in active amoe- 

 boid motion. B, a portion more highly magnified : a a, the hyaline ectosarc 

 thrown into prominent undulations ; b, one of the vacuoles of the endosarc ; 

 d, protruded mass of the hyaline ectosarc ; e e, nuclei ; //, globular hyaline 

 homogeneous bodies ( Glanskorper). Numerous rod-like bodies (c) are seen scat- 

 tered through the endosarc. (After Greeff.) 



We owe to GreefF some very interesting observations showing 

 that the Amoehcs, a group of organisms which had been hitherto sup- 



'^ F. E. Schulze, loc. cit. 



