GENERAL CHARACTERS 



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posterior end, twisting to the right and left, and so on (Fig. 

 5, A — u). These movements are so characteristic of the 

 genus that the name euglenoid is applied to them. 



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Fig, 5. — Etiglena vtrtdts. 

 A — D, four views of the living organism, showing the changes of fonn 

 produced by the characteristic euglenoid movements. 



E, enlarged view, showing the nucleus (ww), reservoir of the con- 

 tactile vacuole {c. 7'ac), with adjoining pigment spot, and gullet with a 

 single flagellum springing from it. 



F, enlarged view of the anterior end of E, showing pigment-spot 

 (pg) and reservoir (c. vac), mouth (w), gullet («■.*), and origin of 

 flagellum (/f), 



G, resting form after binary fission, showing cyst or cell-wall (cy), 

 and the nuclei (»u) and reservoirs (c. vac) of the daughter-cells. 



H, active form showing contractile vacuole (c. vac), reservoir (r), and 

 paramylum-bo<lies {p). 



(a— G, after Saville Kent : H, from Biitschli after Klebs.) 



The body consists of protoplasm covered with a very 

 delicate skin or cuticle which is often finely striated, and 

 is to be looked upon as a superficial hardening of the 

 protoplasm. The green colour is due to the presence of 



