F IG . 35. THE NUMBER OF THE CHROMOSOMES : (a) Cell of the asexual 

 generation of the cryptogam 'Pellia epiphylla : the nucleus is about to divide, 

 a polar ray-formation is present at each end of the spindle-shaped nucleus, 

 the chromosomes have divided into two horizontal groups each of sixteen 

 pieces : sixteen is the number of the chromosomes of the ordinary tissue 

 cells of Pellia. (b) Cell of the sexual generation of the same plant (Pellia) 

 in the same phase of division, but with the reduced number of chromosomes 

 namely, eight in each half of the dividing nucleus. The completed cells 

 of the sexual generation have only eight chromosomes, (c) Somatic or 

 tissue cell of Salamander showing twenty-four V-shaped chromosomes, 

 each of which is becoming longitudinally split as a preliminary to division, 

 (a) Sperm-mother-cell from testis of Salamander, showing the reduced 

 number of chromosomes of the sexual cells namely, twelve; each is split 

 longitudinally. (From original drawings by Prof. Farmer and Mr. Moore.) 



