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Show 552 MESSRS. BEDDARD AND MITCHELL ON THE [June 19, the femur and from the septum between itself and the peroneus longus, and from the septum between itself and the flexor perforatus et perforans of the middle finger. Its tendon is inserted to the base of the second phalanx of its digit. Fig. 5. Muscles of leg of Palamedea. Inner view. Plexor perforatus et perforans medii.-This has a similar origin to the last, which it underlies ; but in addition it has an extensive origin from the fibula. Beginning opposite the insertion of the biceps, its tendon is inserted to the base of the second phalanx of the middle finger. Above the first phalanx a short tendinous connection runs down, to it from the flexor perforatus tendon of the same digit. Flexor perforatus.-The parts of this muscle are closely united. The mass arises from two heads. The inner head is large and fleshy and comes from the intercondylar notch. The outer head arises tendinously from the outer condyle of the femur, below the origins of the perforated and perforating flexors. With this outer head the tendon of the ambiens unites after it has crossed the |