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Sperm are present in small groups within the sustentacular cytoplasm, but ordinarily are absent in the lumina.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

The testes of specimens that were nearly mature contained primary and secondary spermatocytes but lacked lumina; it was thought that such individuals would have matured in the following summer and bred in the following autumn.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

In other cases Fungi, and even Bacteria, have been found to have made their way into the principal vessels, the lumina of which they stop up, thus reducing the transpiration current.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Quaerentem dictis quibus et quo carmine demum Clara tuae possim praepandere lumina menti Res quibus occultas penitus convisere possis.   i. 143-5.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

Non sunt mihi lumina mille, quae sacer alterna tantum statione tenebat Argus et haud unquam vigilabat corpore toto.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.