7 HE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. 



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frequently communicates to the latex. . . . Having 

 then directed my attention to the fine newly-formed 

 granules, 1 perceived that they were more extended 

 (plus etendues) than they at first sight appeared, since 



FIG. 71. 



Origin of A mylobacter within cells and laticiferous vessels of Plants. 

 (Trecul.) (X 520.) 



m. Portion of a laticiferous vessel of Amsonia latifolia whose contents 



have been transformed into fusiform Amylobacters. 

 a. Medullary cell of Ficus carica filled with granules and fusiform 

 Amylobacters (b), and having other large capitate Amylobacters 

 upon its internal wall (c). 

 e. Portion of thick-walled bark-cell containing different forms of Amy- 



lobacter. 

 p, q. Other forms irregularly stained by iodine. 



each violet spot was, in certain vessels, only the 

 termination of a little oblong body which was composed 

 of two or several cells, and was either colourless or 

 slightly stained yellow. Elsewhere, other cells of this 



