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■ EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



I'LATE IX. 



Fig. I . Outline sketch of the dorsal aspect of the portion described of the 

 medulla spinalis of the elephant. The slanting cephalic end shows the plane 

 of the knife, in the foramen magnum, severing the specimen from the enceph- 

 alon. The specimen was divided for fixation and the sketch is made from the 

 subjoined pieces. Roman numerals in sketch indicate segments. Transverse 

 lines, the levels from which sections were taken for the illustrations as indicated. 

 F. r., Fila radicularia of radix posterior; C. s., calamus scriptorius. X Yi- 



PLATE X. 



Fig. 2. Photograph of transverse section through calamus scriptorius and 

 caudal extremity of oliva inferior. X 3- 



Fig. J. Companion to Fig. 2. C. a. p., comraissura alba posterior ; D. I., 

 Decussatio lemniscorum; N'. f. c. Nucleus fasciculi cuneati ; N. f.g., Nucleus 



