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[III. 



Orthonectides (after Julin). 

 8. First female form : the cap-like anterior part has become detached 

 and the egg-cells eiz) are escaping. 9. Second female form: r/.s =1 egg- 

 cells ; outside these are the muscular layer (>«' and the ectoderm [ckt . 

 10 and II. Two fragments of such a female broken to pieces by 

 spontaneous division : the egg-cells are embedded in a granular mass, 

 and undergo embryonic development in it at a later period ; the whole 

 is surrounded by ciliated cells. 12. Male discharging the spermatozoa by 

 the breaking up of the ectoderm {ekt^ ; sp spermatozoa j tn muscle. 



