286 A CYTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SOME SPECIES 
It is also possible however, that we have to deal with two gemini, 
lying so close together, that they simulate one. The total number of 
chromosomes of this nucleus could not be determined with certainty 
as they were crowded too much around the nucleolus. 
Fig. 74 shows an exeptionally small diakinesis-nucleus of Chunnee 
with almost certainly 48 chromatine-elements. At the extreme left one 
sees 4 small chromosomes, which are probably univalent. At the right, 
a little above the middle of the figure, one sees a chain of 4 grey chro- 
mosomes, partly covered by two dark ones. Here therefore a crowding 
of chromosomes has taken place. This is frequently the case, to such a 
degree even, that clumps of chromosomes are formed. 
Fig. 75 shows the double nature of the gemini much more distinctly, 
but the total number of chromosomes can not be determined, it is ap- 
proximately 47. 
In side-views of metaphases the univalent chromosomes can clearly 
be distinguished from the gemini. The gemini are diamond-shaped and 
are lying exactly in the aequator, the univalent chromosomes are but 
half as big, have a more rounded shape and lie often a little above or 
below the aequator, as fig. 76 clearly shows. During metaphase and 

Fig, 76. 
Fig. 76. Metaphase of the heterotype division of Chunnee x 2300. 





