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grammatically represented iu Text-fig. 1 are composed of the 

 denser part of the cytoplasm, the chambers — represented 

 empty in the diagram — being filled with the less dense cyto- 

 plasmic matter. 



Now I believe that the only other morphological cou- 



Text-fig. 1. 



Gr. 





Explanation in text. 



stituents of tlie cell are !i, number of small granules, which 

 are arranged round tlie circumference of the disc-like parti- 

 tions — in the dense cytoplasm which lines the cell. The 

 position of these granules — which I suppose to form a ring 

 when a partition is seen in a transverse section of the wdiole 



Text-fig. 2. 



Explanation in text. 



cell — is shown in the diagram (text-fig. 1, Gr.). A transverse 

 section of the cell, passing through a partition, would present 

 an appearance similar to that shown in Text-fig. 2 a. In this 

 diagram it will be seen that the granules are arranged in the 

 form of a rinar round the circumference of the disc. A 



