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Show 1&01.] CHLAMYDOPHORUS TRUNCATUS. 119 seems') cannot be identified with the part of the sublingual gland in connection with Bartholini's duct in M a n , although in structure it agrees with the sublingual. Text-fig. 19. Salivary glands of Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus). p.y/., parotid gland. s.d., Stensen's duct. s.p.yl., socia parotidis. Other letters as in text-fig. 18. Now, apart from the question of the identification of the retro-lingual gland with part of the sublingual, which does not actually concern us here, there can be no doubt, I think, that the two ducts coming from each submaxillary gland in these Edentates are in reality the ducts of a retro-lingual aud submaxillary gland, and that, of the two lobes of the gland, the anterior is from its position the retro-lingual, and the larger posterior lobe the true submaxillary 2. 1 In this connection see Ranvier's figure of the retro-lingual gland of the Pig. in which the anterior end of the gland extends in front of the lingual nerve. 2 The tissues were not sufficiently well preserved to allow of microscopic examination. |