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stalk-like processes of the oviduct, from which they radiate out. 

 There is some evidence that these are probably hollow outgroAvths 

 of the oviduct, the main stem of which is continued on to form 

 the rudimentary (at any rate, short) uterus. There is also some 

 evidence that these outgrowths of the oviducal canal form here 

 and there anastomoses with each other. In the fully mature 

 ovary the ripe eggs are seen to be in groups surrounded by a thin 

 wall and with empty spaces surrounding eggs or groups of eggs. 



Text-fig. 73. 

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Text-fig. 74. 



Text-fig. 73. — Ovary and vitelline gland of Inermica'psifer capensis in section. 



o. Ovary. V. Vitelline gland. 



The masses of ova are seen at the end of stalk-like processes. 



Text-fig. 74. — Another section through the same ovary to show the rudimentary 

 uterus {ut.). 



It seems to me that we have here a later stage of the tubes 

 communicating with the oviduct. From this point of view the 

 ovary would appear to be a compound body, in reality consisting 

 of many ovaries ; the indications of a network among these 

 ducts is particularly interesting in view of the network formed by 

 the testicular ducts, and brings the male and female organs into 

 closer agreement. 



