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ON THE FORCIBLE DISCHARGE OF SPORES OF 
LEPTOSPH/ERIA ACUTA. 
By William J. Hodgetts. 
[With 15 Figures in the Text]. 
T HE following account of the mode of ejection of the ascospore, 
of Leptosphcevia acuta may prove of interest, especially since 
comparatively few Pyrenomycetes appear to have been examined 
critically for the purpose of finding the method of spore discharges 
