1880.] Ossification of the Terminal Phalanges of the Digits. 63 



diopetalum. Trollius europsea. Actea spicata. Caltlia palnstris. 

 Aquilegia vulgaris. Campaimla rotundifolia. Dianthus Caryo- 

 phyllus. Brassica rapa. Lepidium sativum. Medicago sativa, 

 Cedrus Deodara. Larix europaea. Ephedra altissima. Cyno- 

 glossum officinale. Spinacia oleracea. 



b. Grains with crystalloids. 



(a.) Crystalloids soluble in saturated NaCl solution after treatment 

 with alcohol or ether : — 

 Bertholletia excelsa (type) . Adonis autumnalis. iEthusaCyna- 

 pium. Digitalis purpurea. Cucurbita Pepo. 



Crystalloids soluble in saturated NaCl solution after alcohol, but 

 not after ether : — 

 Ricinus communis (type). Datura Stramonium. Atropa Bella- 

 donna. Elais guineensis. Salvia officinalis. Taxus baccata. 

 Pinus Pinea. Cannabis sativa. Linum usitatissimum. Yiola 

 elatior. Ruta graveolens. Juglans regia. 



III. Partially soluble in 10 per cent. NaCl solution. 



a. Entirely soluble in 1 per cent. Na 2 C0 3 solution : — 



Pulmonaria mollis. Omphalodes longiflora. Borago caucasica. 

 Myosotis palustris. Clarkia pulchella. 



b. Entirely soluble in dilute KHO. 



(*.) Grains without crystalloids : — 



Anchusa officinalis. Lithospermum officinale. Echium vulgare. 

 Heliotropium peruvianum. Lythrum Saiicaria. 



(/3.) Grains with crystalloids : — 



Cupressus Lawsoniana. Juniperus communis. Euphorbia La- 

 thyris. 



II. " On the Ossification of the Terminal Phalanges of the 

 Digits." By F. A. Dixey, B.A. Oxon. Communicated by 

 E. A. S chafer, F.R.S. Received October 5, 1880. 

 [Plates 1, 2.] 



From the Physiological Laboratory of University College, London. 



In a preliminary note on the ossification of the terminal phalanges 

 of the digits,* it was stated that the diaphyses of the ungual phalanges 

 differed in their mode of ossification from those of other long bones. 

 The object of the present paper is to give an account of the process of 



* Ante, vol. 30, p. 550. 



