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tozoa hitherto recorded from Japan, to our knowledge, is therefore 
thirty-eight. They include none that are ene new, and corre- 
spond in Peres with gatherings from the United States and the 
West Indies, though some are of rare occurrence and of great 
interest. 
Ceratiomyxa mucida Schroet. ‘ Found inside a hollow trunk,” 
K.M. Mt. Nachi, Kii. May 9th, 1903. A white network of de- 
pressed sporophores, approaching ‘the var. porioides. B.M. 1984. 
C. mucida var. porioides. ‘‘ Plasmodium Wises on dead stumps.’’ 
K.M. Temma, Kii, Aug. 5th, 1904; immature. B.M. 
' Badhamia hyalina Berk. var. cM aan On coniferous bark, 
Mukéyama, Nachi, Kii. April 18th, 1902. The sporangia are 
grey, 0°5 mm. diam., with pale ochraceous stalks 0°3 to 0-4 mm. 
long. The spores are ack « purple-brown, warted on the outer third, 
closely compacted in small clusters of from five to ten. It is a small 
form with paler and more Broker: stalks than we have seen 
before in this variety. ae M. 
Physarum viride Per Fou pecimens; one immature; ‘ plas- 
modium yellow,” K.M. jena ‘Feb., 1903 ; three mature, gathered 
on fallen timber, Nachi, Aug., 1903. It is a very delicate form of 
the ning the sporangia are bright yellow, scarcely more than 
0-2 m.; none are quite unbroken, and many have shed the 
spt a stalks are slender, varying in length from 0°3 to 1 mm 
and contain more or less lime and refuse matter in the lower two- 
thirds; the capillitium is very delicate, with fusiform yellow lime- 
knots; in some the knots are rounded, somewhat resembling those 
of P. tenerum Rex. B.M. 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989. 
utans Pers. bier genuinum. “On wooden side-work of a 
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. ea oi. 
Ichinono, Kii. July 23rd, 1903. A very typical preg the 
central ball of lime is perhaps a aa large. B. 
mp. compressum A. & 8. Tanabe, Kii. Aug. 28rd, 1905. This 
is a good specimen, and quite ipa; the compressed sporangia 
are mostly reniform and curved, on B.M. 1992. 
P. bivalve Pers. ‘On fallen ease: K.M. Kuragaridani ; 
Nachi. June 8th, 1904. The sinuous, wall-shaped sporangia, 
dehiscing along the ridge, have the usual appearance, except that 
the flat sides are nut-brown ; the capillitium and spores are typical. 
B.M. 1993. 
P, psittacinum var. fuluum On dead wood. Ichinono, 
Kii. Aug. 24th, 1903. A beautiful | form with the usual iridescent 
sporangia and orange-red lime-knots; the stalks, however, and the 
bases of the sporangium-walls are fulvous yellow instead of ver- 
milion. We have received this variety once before from the State 
of New York, and from the striking colour of the stalks propose to 
distinguish it as var. fulvum. We = the usual red-stalked form 
from New York and Massachusetts. P. psi ttacinum is said by Prof. 
Macbride to be rare in the United ted States ; ; it is fairly abundant in 
Europe, but, except for the Japanese gathering, we have no record 
of its occurrence in other parts of the Ola World. B.M. 1994. 
