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from this net- work, branches follow the blood-vessels into the 

 papillae and penetrate the epithelium. Sometimes, though 

 more seldom, they pass into the epithelium lying between 

 the papillae. In this layer, there are branches which end, 

 some in nerve-cells, and some taking a winding course and 

 passing into neighboring fibres. 1 These descriptions are from 

 preparations made with chloride of gold ; but the plates by 

 which they are illustrated are somewhat unsatisfactory. 



According to the views of those who have described the 

 so-called taste-beakers, sapid solutions find their way into the 

 interior of these structures through the taste-pores, come in 

 contact with what have been called the taste-cells, these 

 structures being directly connected with the terminal fila- 

 ments of the gustatory nerves. 



1 ELIN, Zur Kentniss der feineren Nerven der MundhdhlenscMeimhaut. 

 Archiv fur mikroscopische Anatomic, Bonn, 1871, Bd. vii., S. 387. 



