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SENESCENCE AND REJUVENESCENCE 



advanced stage before they separate from the parent body. In 

 such forms the body consists visibly of a chain of zooids in various 



A 



/./. 



1.2. 



38 



I.J.I. 



J. 1.2. 



> i 



1.2. 



2.1. 



? <\ 



2.2. 



39 



I.I.I. 



1. 1. 2. 



1.2.1. 



1.2.2. 



2. 1. 1. 



2.1.2. 



2.2. 



Figs. 37-40. — Progress of agamic reproduction in Stciw- 

 stomum: the sequence in the formation of new zooids is indi- 

 cated by the numerals. 



40 



stages of development. The development of such a chain of 

 zooids in Stenostomiim is shown in Figs. 37-40. In Fig. 37 only 

 the zooids i and 2 are present; in Fig. 38 zooid i has divided into 



