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46 LECTURE I. agonal form, and within them one or two nuclei (Fig. 1). Towards the cortex (corky layer) the cells are four-sided, and the farther one proceeds outwards, the flatter do they become ; still, nuclei may be distinctly recognised in them also. Wherever the so-called cells come in contact, a boundary line may be recognised between them ; then comes the thick layer of cellulose, in which fine streaks may be observed ; and in the interior of the capsular cavity you see a compound mass, in which a nucleus and nucleolus may be easily distinguished, and after the application of reagents the primordial utricle also makes its appearance as a plicated, wrinkled membrane. This is the perfect form of a vegetable cell. In the neighbouring cells lie a few larger, dimly lustrous, laminated bodies, the remains of starch (Fig. 7, c). The next object is of importance in my eyes, because I shall afterwards have to refer to it when instituting a comparison with new formations in animals. It is a longitudinal section of a young lilac bud, developed by the warm days we have had this month (February). In the bud a number of young leaves have already begun to develop themselves, each composed of numerous young cells. In these, the youngest parts, the external layers, are composed of tolerably regular layers of cells, which have a rather flat, four-sided appearance, whilst in the internal layers the cells are more elongated, and in a few parts spiral vessels show themselves. Especially would I call your attention to the little out-growths (leaf-hairs — Blatthaare), which protrude everywhere along the border, and very much resemble certain animal excrescences, e. g., in the villi of the chorion, where they mark the spots at which young, secondary villi will shoot out. In our preparation, you see the little club-shaped protuberances, which are repeated at cer-