GERM CELLS OF COELENTERATES 387 
2. Origin of the egg 
In figures 2, 3 and 4 the earliest recognizable egg cells are shown, 
and from this to the mature egg ready for fertilization an unbroken 
line has been traced, so there is not the slightest question that the 
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Fig. 1 Longitudinal section of an entire gonophore, showing eggs in various 
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cells shown are indeed egg cells. These cells are developed in 
the pedicel of the gonophore only and in no case were they found 
in the stem adjoining; and in the pedicel they came only from the 
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