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bar of soap in a closed gallipot, on well-moistened 

 blotting paper, I was enabled, when the little mass 

 was placed between cork, to get fairly thin sections. 

 Two such have been figured. Fig. 10 is a transverse 

 section of the top or crust of one of the compact 

 circular spots; Fig. 1 1 is a vertical section. Lying 



were found free in the sections. One or two of the 

 larger cells divided by two fine lines were also 

 noticed. 



An effort was made to grow the spores on various 

 media, and succeeded best on the skin or peel of the 

 ripe banana fruit ; the peel being folded down at the 



Fig. 9. — Fungus on Terebe 



Fig. 10. 



Fig. 11. 



free on the mycelium, or amongst the conidia, were 

 often seen little masses of spores, just throwing out 

 pale mycelium threads, or a few of the spores 

 budding. Some were apparently not resting directly 

 •on the soap, so that, through deficiency of nutriment, 

 the growth seemed impeded. Those spores that were 

 lying ttnderneath the general mass, and resting on 

 the mycelium, were paler than the rest, and a few 



Fig. 17 



place where the spores were put, kept pressed together, 

 and retained in a dark place at the ordinary tempe- 

 rature of the room. Fig. 13 represents such a culture 

 at the end of seventy-two hours, and Fig. 12 a pale 

 growth as found on the mycelium. 



The fungus was grown also inside a pear and on 

 table jelly as culture media. In the former it was 

 more successful than on the latter. 



