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Quartan Sporulating Forms. — The pigment 

 is placed centrally or often- laterally, arid giouped 

 around.it can be seen several, six to eight, chro- 

 matin masses. In the presfegmenting forms the 

 pigment has not yet condensed into'a single blo( k, 

 and the; distribution of the' chromatin masses is 

 still irregular. In fresh preparations the typical 

 ' daisy ' forms can be clearly seen (Fig. 5). 



Simple Tertian Sporulating Forms.^Here the 

 whole parasite mass is larger, and fifteen or more 

 chromatin segments can be distinguished 



(Fig- 5)- . 



Malignant Tertian Sporulating Forms. — 



Rarely seen in' the circulation. There are eight 

 to ten chromatin masses (Fig. 5). 



Gametes 



Simple Tertian. — The young forms which, 

 under certain unknown conditions, also appear in 

 the circulation are characterized by the fact that 

 the chromatin appears in the centre of the vacuolic 

 area (Ruge), while in the asexual forms (schizonts) 

 it is applied laterally. 



The full-grown gametes are much more easily 

 distinguished. The female gamete (?) is charac- 

 terized by the possession of much protoplasmic 

 matter, staining deep blue with Romanowsky and 

 littlechromatin; in the ? the chromatin is laterally 

 placed, and is generally surrounded by a thin 

 vacuolic area, the pigment is black in colour, and 

 is irregularly scattered over the whole protoplasm 



iFig- 6). 



The male gamete (s). The chromatin is more 

 voluminous than in the female, it is of a looser 



