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EXPLANATION OF FIGURES IN PLATES 
XII AND XIII. 
Illustrating Professor Phillips’ paper on the Development of the Cystocarp 
in Rhodomelaceae (II). 
Abbreviations : aux. c. auxiliary cell ; c. c. central cell ; carp, carpogonium ; 
cp . sp. carpospore ; gon. bl. gonimoblast- filaments ; in. si. br. inferior sterile branch ; 
l. st. br. lateral sterile branch : peric . c. pericentral cell ; pn. paranema ; tr. 
trichogyne. 
The material was fixed in formaldehyde, and, after staining in Hoffmann’s blue, 
mounted in strong glycerine. The figures were sketched by means of the camera 
lucida. The cells shaded by means of oblique lines are those of the carpogonial 
branch ; the red shading indicates cells of the sterile branches ; the shading by 
means of dots indicates paranematal filaments. 
PI. XII. Figs. 1-7. Dasya coccinea , C. Ag. 
Fig. 1. Lateral view of a prccarp. x 800. 
Fig. 2. Front view of a procarp, x Boo. 
Fig. 3. Lateral view of an older procarp, showing its position with reference to 
the lateral sympodial axis of limited growth ; ap. represents the still growing apex. 
The three filaments on the distal side of the procarp are the ‘ involucre.’ The 
procarp is represented as cut medianly, and as yet contains only sterile filaments, 
x 150. 
Fig. 4. A procarp at much the same stage as that represented in Fig. 3, more 
highly magnified. The auxiliary cell has now been cut off, and is in conjugation 
with the carpogonium. The cavity of the procarp is as yet chiefly occupied by 
the sterile filaments, x 700. 
Fig. 5. A still later stage, when the fertilized auxiliary has begun to form 
sporiferous filaments. The carpogonial branch is still recognizable, x 300. 
Fig. 6. A later stage, when the sporiferous threads have developed carpospores 
at their distal ends. Only one such thread, stripped of lateral branches, is shown. 
The carpogonial branch is no longer traceable. The sterile branches have become 
much attenuated, x 800. 
Fig. 7. Median section through a mature cystocarp. The sterile branches can 
no longer be traced, x 75. 
PI. XIII. Figs. 8-10. Chondria tenuis sima, C. Ag. 
Fig. 8. Median view of a procarp at the time of fertilization of the trichogyne, 
showing the connexion with the axis, and the two sterile branches. x 200. 
Fig. 9. The same stage, showing the carpogonial branch, and the inferior sterile 
branch, x 300. 
