GENERATIVE ORGAN.-. 



313 



The test is of Elasmobranchs is always paired and sym- 

 metrical, and usually lies, supported by the mesorchium, towards 



T.u I 



-a 



TIG. 245. FEMALE UBISOGEXITAL APPARATUS OF Protopterus anneetcns. (From 

 the ventral side, natural size.) (After H. Ayers.) 



nr x vent ; h.d, rectum ; Hg, apertures of ureters into cloaca ; L, L, lymphoid tissue ; 

 Jfg, Mullerian duct ; M.tr, abdominal aperture of latter ; JY, kidney ; 0, ovary ; 

 p, lung ; F.c.a, postcaval vein ; V.u, urinary bladder. 



the anterior portion of the body-cavity. The relations of the 

 vasa efferentia to the mesonephros have been already mentioned 

 (comp. pp. 298 and 303, and Fig. 238s), and a somewhat similar 

 arrangement is seen in Lepidosteus. 



Amongst Ganoids, the female organs of Lepidosteus l are formed on the 

 same type as those of the Teleostei, while in cartilaginous Ganoids a more 

 or less incomplete splitting of the segmental duct into a Mullerian and a 



a. superficial resemblance to the amnion and chorion of Mammals, but these are 

 both formed from the maternal tissues (T. J. Parker). 



1 The cavity within the ovary of Lepidosteus is formed by a fold of peritoneum 

 on either border of the -gland- growing towards its fellow, and meeting in the middle 

 line ; into this cavity the ova are shedj and are carried to the exterior by an oviduct 

 which is probably formed by continuations of these peritoneal folds' behind the 

 ovary. A similar mode of development of the oviduct possibly also obtains in 

 Teleostei. 



