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  Intelligence. 
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  taneously 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  cell 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  terminal 
  one 
  contains 
  two 
  

   or 
  even 
  more 
  nuclei. 
  From 
  this 
  cell 
  arise 
  the 
  hypha 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  

   bear 
  the 
  asci, 
  although 
  the 
  tangle 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  ascogenaus 
  

   hyphse 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  asserted 
  with 
  certainty 
  that 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  hyphse 
  arise 
  from 
  the 
  adjoining 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  tube. 
  

   The 
  cells 
  which 
  ultimately 
  form 
  the 
  asci 
  can 
  always 
  be 
  recognized 
  

   by 
  their 
  large 
  size 
  and 
  by 
  having 
  two 
  nuclei. 
  An 
  account 
  is 
  

   given 
  of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  perithecial 
  wall 
  and 
  the 
  conidial 
  

   spores 
  in 
  Erysiphe. 
  A 
  less 
  minute 
  account 
  is 
  given 
  of 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  in 
  Ascobolus, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  interesting 
  

   point 
  is 
  brought 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  septa 
  in 
  the 
  Ascogonium 
  are 
  perfor- 
  

   ated 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  The 
  paper 
  closes 
  with 
  some 
  very 
  suggestive 
  

   general 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  the 
  fertilization 
  in 
  Ascomy- 
  

   cetes 
  to 
  that 
  in 
  Florideae. 
  The 
  union 
  of 
  nuclei 
  in 
  asci 
  and 
  basidia, 
  

   which 
  has 
  been 
  considered 
  a 
  sexual 
  act 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  recent 
  

   writers, 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  interpreted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Harper. 
  In 
  the 
  Erysipheaa, 
  

   at 
  least, 
  the 
  real 
  sexual 
  process 
  is 
  found 
  iu 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  the 
  nuclei 
  

   of 
  the 
  antheridum 
  and 
  the 
  oozonium. 
  w. 
  g. 
  f. 
  

  

  8. 
  A 
  gigantic 
  Cephalopod 
  on 
  the 
  Florida 
  coast. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  P. 
  

   Whitfield 
  has 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  writer 
  the 
  following 
  letter 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  Webb 
  to 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Allen, 
  dated 
  St. 
  Augustine, 
  Fla., 
  Dec. 
  8th, 
  

   1896: 
  

  

  "You 
  may 
  be 
  interested 
  to 
  know 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  an 
  immense 
  

   Octopus 
  thrown 
  ashore 
  some 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  this 
  city. 
  Nothing 
  

   but 
  the 
  stump 
  of 
  the 
  tentacles 
  remain, 
  as 
  it 
  had 
  evidently 
  been 
  

   dead 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  before 
  being 
  washed 
  ashore. 
  As 
  it 
  is, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  body 
  measures 
  18 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  breadth. 
  

   Its 
  immense 
  size 
  and 
  condition 
  will 
  prevent 
  all 
  attempts 
  at 
  pre- 
  

   servation. 
  I 
  thought 
  its 
  size 
  might 
  interest 
  you, 
  as 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  

   of 
  the 
  record 
  of 
  one 
  so 
  large." 
  

  

  The 
  proportions 
  given 
  above 
  indicate 
  that 
  this 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   a 
  squid-like 
  form 
  and 
  not 
  an 
  Octopus. 
  The 
  " 
  breadth 
  " 
  is 
  evidently 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  softened 
  and 
  collapsed 
  body, 
  and 
  would 
  represent 
  an 
  

   actual 
  maximum 
  diameter 
  in 
  life 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  7 
  feet, 
  and 
  a 
  probable 
  

   weight 
  of 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  tons 
  for 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  head. 
  These 
  dimensions 
  are 
  

   decidedly 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  well-authenticated 
  New- 
  

   foundland 
  specimens. 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Architeuthis. 
  

   Professor 
  Steenstrup 
  recorded 
  many 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  

   genus 
  (A. 
  dux)* 
  taken 
  in 
  1855 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indian 
  seas, 
  but 
  his 
  

   example 
  was 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  here 
  recorded. 
  

  

  A. 
  E. 
  VERRILL. 
  

  

  TV. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  A 
  History 
  of 
  Elementary 
  Mathematics, 
  with 
  hints 
  on 
  

   methods 
  of 
  teaching 
  ; 
  by 
  Florian 
  Cajori, 
  Ph.D., 
  Professor 
  of 
  

   Physics 
  in 
  Colorado 
  College. 
  pp. 
  304. 
  New 
  York, 
  1806 
  

   (The 
  Macmillan 
  Company). 
  — 
  A 
  book 
  which 
  presents 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  mathematics 
  in 
  a 
  form 
  attractive 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  Trans. 
  Connecticut 
  Acad., 
  vol. 
  v. 
  Also 
  Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commis. 
  for 
  

   1879, 
  p. 
  51, 
  pi. 
  12, 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

  

  