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flattened nucleated cells (not indicated in the figure)., 

 probably belonging to the surrounding connective tissue. 

 Blood-vessels are distributed in the ganglion, the capillaries 

 being especially numerous about the nerve-cells. 



Most of the cells of sympathetic and other peripheral gan- 

 glia seem to have several branches, no one of which differs 

 essentially from the rest; probably each branch becomes part 

 of the axis cylinder of a different fibre, the cell thus placing 

 several distinct fibres in communication. 



