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Although some of these observations have not been 

 recorded with all the details which might have been 

 desired, yet I have satisfied myself that the statements 

 made by Pineau and Pouchet are substantially correct. 



Pineau has given an account of the mode of origin 

 of the microscopic fungus known as 'Penkillium glaucum^ 

 and also of Monas lens^ in addition to other organisms 

 to which we shall subsequently refer. 



M. Pineau watched the various stages in the evolution 

 of VenkUUum glaucum in the midst of a granular pellicle 

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Fig. 51. 

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