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epithelium at the point of connection with the blastocyst, the 

 plasmodiblast penetrates into the connective tissue layer which 

 forms a symplasma. It is followed by the cytoblast and the 

 allantoic viUi. In the syncytium the circulating maternal 



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Fig. 117.*— Orifice of a uterine gland of the mole with trophoblastic dome. 



(From Vernhout's "Ueber die Placenta des Maulwurfs," Anat. Hefle, 



vol. v., 1894.) 

 m., uterine mucous membrane ; ue., uterine epithelium ; pi., plasmodiblast ; 

 cy., cytoblast ; g.s. , gland secretion. 



blood provides for the exchange of gases, and supplements the 

 nutriment supphed by the glandular secretion. 



Twpaia. — In Twpaia javanica also, the placentation is modi- 

 fied by the characteristics of the uterine mucosa. Hubrecht ^ 



' Hubrecht, " Ueber die Entwioklung der Placenta von Tarsius und 

 Tupaja," Internal. Congr. ofZool., Cambridge, 1898. 



