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ZYGOGONIUM 67
ospores ellipsoid to subglobose, 12-26 /a x /ti, 13-34 developed in a lateral
swelling and cut off from the parent cell by a curved wall; median
spore wall smooth. (PI. XI, Figs. 7-8.)
India, Mysore, on moist soil in plantation of Areca palm.
6. Zygogonium capense (Hodgetts) Transeau 1933. Ohio Jour.
Sci. 33, p. 159. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Africa. 13, p. 66. 1925
(as Zygnema capense).
Vegetative cells 16-20/x x 20-60 /u,; conjugation unknown; aplan-
ospores globose, 19-26/A in diameter, formed at the ends of the cells;
median spore wall brown, scrobiculate, (PI. XI, Figs. 9-1 1.)
South Africa, Stellenbosch, on damp soil.
7. Zygogonium kumaoense Randhawa 1940. ]our. Indian Bot.
Soc. 19, p. 247.
Filaments forming a feltlike growth on clay soil, prostrate filaments
of irregular cells with rhizoids, upright filaments of cyUndrical cells
with elongated chromatophores and sometimes very long cells; vege-
tative cells, 10-14 Ai X 20-140 m; reproduction by aplanospores, globose to
subglobose, 12-16/J. x 15-24/'-, with transparent, smooth walls. (Pi. XI,
Figs. 16-19.)
India, Kumaon Himalayas, September, 1939.
8. Zygogonium punctatum Taft 1944. Ohio Jour. Sci. 44, p. 238.
Vegetative cells 9-12 /x x 30-45 /x, with 2 small, irregularly globose
chromatophores; conjugation scalariform between gametangia that
have elongated up to 115 as zygospores globose or subglobose, 18-27 a"- x
21-32 /x, enclosed by a distinct sporangium wall; median spore wall
yellow to yellow-brown, punctate. (PI. XI, Fig. 12.)
1940.
United States: Louisiana, De Ridder, on roadside seepage slopes, April,
9. Zygogonium heydrichii (Schmidle) Transeau 1933. Ohio
Jour. Sci. 33, p. 159. Flora. 83, p. 167. 1897 (as Zygnema
heydrichii).
Vegetative cells 14-20 ai x 25-80 a^, with 2 chromatophores, not stellate;
conjugation lateral or scalariform; tubes arise from both gam-
etangia and form sporangia walled off from the original cells; zygo-
spores globose, ovoid, or kidney-shaped, 22-28 ai x 30-36 ai; median spore
wall yellow, scrobiculate. (PI. XI, Figs. 13-15.)
Australia, Sydney.
10. Zygogonium sinense Jao 1935. Sinensia. 6, p, 571.
Vegetative cells iG-iytJ- x 38-64 /j.; chromatophores 2, irregularly