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parietals and the squamosal (sq) ; the latter is a mallet-shaped 

 bone, the basal extremity of which is in contact with a small bone, 

 the quadrat o-jugal (qj), which represents the quadrate and jugal 



Skeleloii of liana esculent a. 



of higher Vertebrates ; there are then two premaxillai (;/»/) and 

 two maxilla? (ma:), bearing, in certain species, closely-set, small, 

 acute teeth. On the lower surface we distinguish the vomers (vo), 

 each of which bears sometimes a group of teeth, the palatines (pi), 

 horizontal, rod-shaped bones, the ethmoid (e), a large T-shaped 



