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of the mycelium, and probably the younger, are distinctly 

 articulated, and in this case there is uniformly a nucleus or 

 oil-globule at the upper extremity of each articulation, near 

 to the dissepiment. The sporangia are sometimes covered 

 with a network of threads, the exact origin of which is at pre- 

 sent obscure, but the same appearance occurs in Mucor stolonifer, 

 Corda, which often accompanies our Chionyphe on the paste 

 (fig. e, p. 256). 



The species may be characterized as Chionyphe Carteri; 

 hyphasmate ex albo flavo-rubroque ; sporangiis demum coc- 

 cineis ; sporis breviter fusiformibus. 



The name will serve to record the labours of the two Carters, 

 united in their love of science though not in consanguinity, 

 and there will be something of the same economy as regards 

 nomenclature as that of which Ovid speaks with reference to 

 a double birthday, " Una celebrata est per duo liba dies.'" 



Before passing to the other forms, I must add a word about 

 the pink streaks mentioned above. It is highly probable that 

 many of our common moulds occasionally commence with a 

 similar condition. The first indications of vegetation on tainted 

 meat or paste assume the form of little gelatinous spots of 

 various colours, consisting of extremely minute distinct cells, 

 and these seem to be an early stage of common species of 

 Aspergillus and Penicillium, or other genera. If there be any 

 truth in the notion which I have entertained for some time, 

 that hospital gangrene depends upon some vegetation of this 

 nature acting as a putrefactive ferment, there may be good 

 reason for believing that the red spots in question are really 

 the commencement of the disease under consideration. 



2. We now come to a second form under which the disease 

 appears. In this the black fungous masses are entirely wanting, 

 and in their stead masses are found of what looks like sloughing' 

 tissue. White granules, however, occur in the cavities and in 

 the discharge, which appear to be a form of the same fungus, 

 though the identity has not been proved. Under the micro- 

 scope it wears the appearance of a congeries of large cells filled 

 with smaller, much after the manner of Microhculoa forma, as 

 figured by Kiitzmg (fig. 1, p. 252). The accompanying sketch, 

 after Dr. H. J. Carter, represents a portion after immersion in 

 sulphuric ether. According to Dr. H. V. Carter, these bodies 

 have moniliform threads on their surface, but these I have not 

 seen. Whether the perfect form of the plant be the same or 

 not, the phases of the disease produced by it are exactly the 

 same, and the malady admits of no other remedy. 



3. A third case is known under the name of the Madura 

 foot, from its having occurred at Madura. In this case the foot 

 becomes enormously enlarged about the instep, though not so 



