PLATE 2 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 



2 Course of a nerve passing in from the periphery to end in the suii-ej)i- 

 thelial plexus. From the peripheral meduUated nerve (n) a branch (6) is given 

 off near the linil)us. From (6) numerous twigs branch off in the fibrous tissue with 

 a common direction towards the sub-epithelial plexus. In the course of division 

 the medullary sheath gets fainter and finally disappears. Terminal branches (c) 

 were seen Ijreaking up in the sub-epithelial plexus. Zeiss comp. oc. 4, obj. 8 mm. 

 and obj. 2 mm. 



3 A branched non-capsulated ending in the fibrous tissue of the membrana 

 tympani. The nerve (n) breaks up into a dense mesh work of fibers from which 

 off-shoots go forward into the adjacent connective tissue. A fine varicose hbril 

 (.s) passes into the network and is there lost. Zeiss comp. oc. 4, obj . 3 mm. 



