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mm. distant from the base of the organ. The fifth papilla lay- 

 directly in front of the double one, the latter being placed at the 

 extreme left of the line. Behind the gustatory area numerous 

 coarse fleshy papillae project from the dorsum. The lateral 

 organs of taste are rudimentary, and the fringe of filiform papil- 

 lae above them was not strongly marked. 



GUSTATORY STRUCTURES. 



The Circiimvallate Papill(E. — The papillae are small and 

 inconspicuous, and measure 0.85 mm. transversely and 0.90 mm. 

 in height. Their summits are rounded, and the adjacent lin- 

 gual surface somewhat papillate. Serous glands are not abun- 

 dant, the ducts opening into the narrow trenches at the usual 

 places. The distribution of the bulbs is far from regular, some 

 of the papillae having six or seven well-arranged tiers of them, 

 whilst in other papillae only isolated bulbs occur. The rudimen- 

 tary taste-organs at the sides of the tongue consist of seven or 

 eight well-formed folds of the mucosa, but they are destitute of 

 bulbs, and no serous glands could be detected in the region. 



Many of the fungiform papillae bear bulbs at the usual places. 

 For lack of material the epiglottis was not investigated in 

 F. catiis. Bulbs have been found, however, by the present 

 writer on the anterior surface of the epiglottis in Felis domestiais, 

 and other investigators, notably Schofield and Davis, have found 

 them elsewhere in the larynx. 



The Tongue of Felis pardalis. 



General Description. — The tongue measures 85 mm. in 

 length, 27 mm. in breadth, and is free from the fraenum for 

 45 mm. The dorsum is more or less roughened anteriorly, and 

 the basal portion is beset with fleshy papillae. Papillae of the 

 fungiform type are not abundant. There are three pairs of cir- 

 cumvallate papillae. The posterior pair, quite prominent, are 

 3 mm. apart, and 17 mm. from the base of the organ. The 

 anterior pair are 8 mm. distant from the posterior, and are 1 1 

 mm. apart. No lateral gustatory organs were detected. The 

 material was not in a condition for minute examination. 



