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Show 1879.] MR. W. A. FORBES ON THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. 433 Com .TJt a. Uterus and vagina of African Elephant (about half natural size), viewed from behind. The vagina (Vag.) and urino-genital canal (u.g.) have been laid open from behind. (Corn, ut.) Cornua uteri cut short above. Ut. True uterus, formed by the coalescence of the two cornua, but not marked off extern ally from the conjoined cornua by any constriction, o.u. Above this is the valve-like structure corresponding to the Os uteri. Ur. Prominence on which the urethra opens; above it are seen the Mal-pighian canals; below the letters is the papilla-like free point (vide fig. 8). Ves. Bladder. b. Section of the conjoined uterine cornua, half the natural size, to show the distinctness of the two tubes internally at this point. |