INT.] 



ON NORMAL GROWTH 



285 



made during two seasons upon Amblystoma, toads, and frogs. 

 All series showed the same thing ; the most complete series is 

 that given in the following table : 



TABLE XXII 

 EMBRYOS OF FROGS. 1895* 



These results are graphically represented in Fig. 78. The 

 curve and table show that, exactly as in plants, there is .a 



90 r. 



So'* 



Days. 10 20 iO 4O fO 6O ~fO QO 90 



FIG. 78. Graphic representation of last column of Table, showing percentage of 

 water in frog embryos from 1 to 84 days after hatching. Compare with Fig. 77. 



period of slow growth accompanied by abundant cell division 

 - the earliest stages of the egg. Then follows, after the first 



* Compare with the less complete table of BAUDRIMONT and MARTIN SAINT- 

 ANGE, '51, p. 532. 



