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sand, little pebbles, or drops of mercury, and she had the satis- 

 faction of seeing these artificial projectiles thrown out of the 



Fig. 159. — Sphaerobolus stellatus. Fat cells from the walls of the glebal 

 chambers (c/. Fig. 154, g) ; for comparison with them some ordinary 

 hyphae from the walls of the glebal chambers are shown at a, b, and c. 

 The fat cells d, e, and / contained numerous tiny fat-droplets, while the 

 fat cells g-u contained highly refractive, homogeneous contents. The 

 variations in the size and shape of the fat cells may be realised by 

 inspecting the drawings d-u. Drawn by A. H. R. Buller and Ruth 

 Macrae. Magnification, 1060. 



