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PLATE XXVI, 
Fig. 15. Mother star stage. B& L yy Z 12. ; 
_ Fig. 16. Showing one end of spindle with a large centrosome ; chromo- 
somes massed together. Z2™™ ap. Z 12. 
oe 17. Same as above with pole of spindle near cell wall. Z oe 7 
Fre, 38. Metakinesis; poles of spade crowded against cell walls. z nm : 
ap. Z 12. 
Fig. 19. Metakinesis; pole with centrosome and distinct radiations. es 
B & L +4 Z 12. 
Fic. 20. Metakinesis. Z 2™™ ap. Z 12. 
_ Fig. 21. Metakinesis; injured, showing multipolar spindle ; chrome 
_ are partly displaced. B& L +; Z 12 
Fic. 22. Metakinesis. B & L yy Z12. 
FIG. 23. ag close of metakinesis, showing centrosomes and radiations. 
Z2™™ ap. Z 1 
Fie. 24. Same as above. Z2™ ap. Z r2, es 
Fig. 25. Daughter star with centrosomes and radiations. B & L yy Z 12. 
Fic. 26. Loose daughter skein. B& L yy Z 12. 
Fic. 27. Close daughter skein ; cell plate formed, Z 2™™ ap. Z 18. 
Fig. 28. The same but somewhat more advanced. Z 2™™ ap. Z 18. 
FIG. 29. 2g end of close daughter skein; nuclei are becoming globule ; 
B&LYWZ1 
