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(iii) The nucleus forms a portion of the ring 

 and does not project in various forms as 

 in the schizonts. 



(iv) The absence of ' coarse ' stippHng in the 

 red cells. 



Malignant Tertian Gametes (partly after MaurerJ. 

 Right-hand corner : Spherical body (fresh) 



(v) A circumferential red-staining line 

 develops as in the mature gametes. 

 The adult gametes. — (Fig. 7). 



soon 



MiKROGAMETOCYTE {$) MaLE 



Crescent 



1 . The chromatin of the 

 nucleus occurs in an extensive 

 loose networii, occupying the 

 greater portion of the parasite. 



2. Comparatively little 

 blue staining protoplasm. 



3. The pigment is scat- 

 tered. 



4. The shape is some- 

 what kidney-shaped, shorter 

 and broader than in the ^ ■ 



Makrogamete (?) Female 

 Crescent 



1. The chromatin occurs 

 in a compact mass more or less 

 centrally p'aced. 



2. Much more blue stain- 

 ing protoplasm. 



3. The pigment is con- 

 centrated into a ring around 

 the nucleus or heaped up into 

 mass. 



4. Crescentic in shape, 

 longer and narrower than the 

 male. 



