MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. ag 
SUMMARY. 
The segmented stem of Urnatella consists of a two-layered cuticula ; 
an outer epithelium (ectoderm) consisting of cells flattened except at 
the transverse septa and at the distal end of the stalk; and an axial 
portion consisting of elongated cells, many of which are vacuolated, and 
surrounding which there is no intercellular substance. (Pages 4, 5.) 
The musculature of the stalk consists of radial sheets of fibrillee, sev- 
eral of which develop in a single cell. (Pages 5, 6.) 
Many of the vacuolated cells of the stalk end in flame cells like the 
water or excretory tubules of Platyhelminthes. (Pages 6, 7.) 
Yolk is developed in the cells at the base of the stalk, first as fine 
intercellular granules, which later fuse, this process being accompanied 
by cell degeneration. (Pages 7, 8.) 
The lip of the atrium contains a sphincter, and resembles in its rela- 
tions the “ margined thickening” of Ectoprocta. (Pages 9, 10.) 
The epithelium of the tentacles encloses a parenchymatous core. A 
pair of muscles is present. (Page 15.) 
The alimentary tract resembles that of the Pedicellinidz, except that 
the lower wall of the rectum and the upper wall of the intestine are in 
close contact. (Pages 11, 12.) 
The nephridial tubules end blindly in flame cells, and open into a 
cloaca, into which open also anus and the vas deferens. (Pages 14,15.) 
Two kinds of buds arise from the Urnatella stalk; “ branches,” which 
are typically median, and “stolons,” typically lateral. (Page 16.) 
The segmentation of the stalk is probably an adaptation to the pro- 
cess of budding, which is accompanied by a greater liability of the wall 
of the stock to rupture, and therefore by a greater need of separation of 
the stalk into compartments. (Page 20.) 
In all Endoprocta the oral aspect of the buds is turned towards the 
centre of proliferation, and in all Bryozoa the aspect in which that end of 
the alimentary tract which arises from the principal outpocketing of the 
atrium lies is turned towards the gemmiparous zone. (Pages 22, 23.) 
The youngest stocks found consisted of a stolon bearing two indi- 
viduals. This has been derived from the “stolons” of the parent stalk, 
which habitually become free for the purpose of founding new stocks. 
(Page 26.) 
Urnatella is, structurally, one of the Pedicellinide and most nearly 
resembles Arthropodaria Benedeni. (Page 30.) 
The Bryozoa have probably been derived from Rotifer-like ancestors. 
(Page 34.) 
