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A survey of Table III brings out clearly certain facts. 

 When darkly staining masses are observed inside the 



TABLE III 



Awerinzew . . . Myxidium spec Seldom distinct small nuclei, 



generally "Zwei ziemlich 

 grosse Chromatinkiigel- 

 chen- (p. 201). 



Auerbach Myxidium iergense Diffusion of chromatin or 



kernartigen Gebilden" 

 (p. 20). 



Davis Sphwrospora dimorpha Formation of round chro- 

 matic bodies. 



Awerinzew . . .Ceratomyxa drepanopsettce . . InmtTation of chromatic 

 plasm before the spore 



5. Mavor Ceratomyxa acadicnsis .... Formation of round chro- 



of spore formation (Fig. 

 10) which are later re- 

 solved. 



6. Erdmann Chloromyxum leydigi Formation of several large, 



deeply staining bodies 

 which disappear after the 



7. Parisi Sphcerospora caudata Formation of small, deeply 



he gametocytes after the 

 upposed copulation (Fig. 



