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Possibly in all, at all events in the immense majority ot cells, are 
nuclet or cytoblasts. In the dead state the nucleus is a spherical or 
flattened lenticular body of from 0'004 to 004 mm. diameter; they 
often possess a pellicle, and contain one or more zwucleoli (see Figs. 2 
and 3). Inthe living ccndition they are very difficult to recognize, but, 
as far as we know at present, they are larger than when dead, and of 
. Fic. 4. — Spherical Fic. 5.—Ellipsoidal —S_s Fic, 6.—Hour-glass 
cell from the flesh cell from the flesh shaped cell from 
of the peach. (x of the peach. (x the flesh of the 
370.) 41390.) peach. (x 370.) 
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variable irregularly jagged form. They creep about in the protoplasm. 
in which they are imbedded after the manner of an Amceba, and certainly. 
Fic. 8.—Disc shapedcell : 
aunicellular Alga, Cos- 
cinodtscus. (X 390.) 
Fic. 7.—Stellate cell from the hori- 
zontal septum of the air-passages of Fic. 9.—Crescent-shaped 
the flowering rush, Butoneus ume- cell of a stoma (guard- 
bellatus. (x 780.) cell) 
take the largest share in the continuous shifting and transformation of 
the bands of protoplasm which start from them. 
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