AND NERVES OF THE TONGUE OF THE FROG AND TOAD. 
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L. Striated muscular fibres, forming hoops or circles beneath the mucous 
membrane ; they are left plain to the right of the drawing to avoid 
complicating the figure. 
M. Fibrous tissue of an elastic nature beneath the epithelium. 
N. Tactile nerves forming a network over the muscular fibre. They 
merely attain the base of the conical papillse. 
O. An agglomeration of nerve-tubules. In this instance they appeared to 
be in part derived from the gustatory nerve before its ascent into the 
papilla. 
