In fact we may expect a form reduced to an axis, a few ramenta, a frondose dilatation, and one punctum of reproductive organs.
There exists no punctum mortuum, no one really dead point in the universe.
Valve as in affinis, but with tumid and excised ventral margin; a punctum is found on the ventral side (not shown in the figure).
The only difficulty which may be experienced is in entering the dilator into the punctum, owing to the small size of the latter.
When a spot, tubercle, punctum, &c. is scarcely discoverable.
