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EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 



Fig. 56. — Craterium minimum B. & C. a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangium with lid X 9°- c. Capillitium and spores X 5°o- 



Fig- 57- — Craterium maydis Morgan, a, Sporangia X 5- °. Spo- 

 rangium X 90. c. Capillitium and spores X 5°°- 



Fig. 58. — Physarum obrusseum B. & C. a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangium X 90. c. Capillitium and spores X 500. 



Fig. 59- — Physarum connexum Link. a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangium X 90. c. Capillitium and spores X 5°°- 



Fig. 60. — Physarum polycephalum Schw. a. Sporangia X 5- b. 

 Sporangia X 90. c. Capillitium and spores X 5°°- 



Fig. 61. — Physarum lateritium B. & C. a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangia X 90. c Capillitium and spores X 50°- 



Fig. 62. — Physarum imitans Racib. a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangium X 90. c Capillitium and spores X 500. 



Fig. 63. — Physarum relatum Morgan, a. Sporangia X 5- b. Spo- 

 rangia X 90. One divested of the wall and showing the rigid capil- 

 litium. c. Capillitium and spores X 5°°- 



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