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3. Epitliecid (or coenothecal) geiiimation. As an indication of the propagating 

 faculty of tlie epitheca I would consider siich features as sho\vn on pl. vn f. 11, pl. vin 

 f. 17, ill which calicles go out directly froui the epithec;i oii which they are based. The 

 integument which once covered and secreted the epitheca, also through its vitality pro- 

 created independaiit calicles. These are as if truiicated at their starting point and of the 

 same width as the rest of the calicinal tube. 



