Hermaphrodite Specimen o/" Amphioxus, 



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composed of ova in various stages of development, Vjiit there 

 are still well-marked tracts of spermatozoa (sp.). There is 

 only one section in the series which presents this appearance, 

 and it is impossible to decide tVoni it whether the original 

 gonad was male or female or hermaphrodite. On the whole, 

 the general ap[)earance of the section is more female than 

 male. 



Figr. 3. 



Fig. 4. 



-5A 



This leads on still further to the condition shown in fio-. .^^ 

 wiiere we have on one side an apparently normal ovarv 

 showing no trace of spermatozoa, on the other an almost 

 normal ttstis, containing a distinct ovum, however, near the 

 upper margin. 



We have thus various gradations, leading from two almo.^t 



