418 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [JUNE 
be given to NEMEc’s further statement that “diese Zellen koénnen 
Scheidewandanlage besitzen.”’ Since no other unusual forms were 
observed in either cell or nucleus, these are regarded as nuclei in 
the course of disorganization. In the older as well as in the younger 
portions of the root tip nuclear figures occurred which usually showed 
f 
Fic. 6. Normal cells from a root tip of Vicia Faba grown in moist sphagnum. 
Fic. 7. a, Vicia Faba in n/o94 phenol four hours; 6, retarded separation to chromo- 
somes; c, multipolar spindle; d, enlarged nuclear areas. 
the achromatic spindle or its remnants. However, no division 
stage later than very early anaphase was present. The chromosomes 
in part of these figures had split longitudinally, in others no splitting 
occurred. In no case had the chromosomes left the nuclear plate. 
Evidently the movement of the daughter chromosomes from the 
nuclear plate to the poles of the spindle had here been inhibited by 
the action of the phenol upon the mantle fibers. 
At the end of 21 hours the root tips had a dull white luster, and 
were evidently dead. Upon examination all the cells were found to 
be plasmolyzed. 
