174 Finer Structure of the Glandula Submaxillaris 
The clear cells of the distal group present a well-marked cytoplasmic 
net-work, forming large meshes. (Fig. II.) The cytoplasm stains 
feebly with most of the ordinary stains. The nuclei of these cells are 
Fic. II. A portion of the same gland shown in Fig. I more highly magnified. 
Preparation stained in iron-alum hematoxylin. Leitz Homog. Imm. 1/12. 
Och 4. 
on the whole smaller and less spherical than those of the granule cells, 
and are located nearer to the base of the cell than in the other variety 
of cell. These cells, even after the shrinkage with which their fixation 
is always attended, possess a somewhat larger diameter than the granule 
