10 Mr. ApAMs's Deferiptions of Jome 
pentagon, and the under. fidé with: a fmall yellow 
cinquefoil. The body contains a yellowith juice. 
Rays jointed, and from either fide of each joint pro- 
ceed three oval pellucid pointed es which eum 
its hirfute appearance. 
>. rubens, A. ftellata, radiis lanceolatis gibbis, undique aculeata. 
Linn. Syf: Nat.E-d.3 3. f. 1099. EAS ha ha rs f 1—6. 
Not unfrequent in Milford. Haven. .. 
Obf. Colour pale orange; diameter S inches. 
A 
A 
E peétinata 2 A, radiata, radiis duplicatis ; fuperioribus pinnatis, in- 
ferioribus filiformibus. Linn. Syf: Nat. p. 1101. 
A. decacnemos. Pen. Br. Zoo Vide p. 66. t. 33 
J. 71. bona. 
In Milford Haven, very.c common. TN 
Ol Both the pinnated and fimple rays in this fingular 
fpecies are clofely jointed throughout, ` and from - 
thefe articulations arifes its flexibility. The pinnæ . 
on the under fide are furnifhed with hollow tubes, 
gradually SUE in fize as > they approach the 
. end; from whi : the. will of the animal, 
— {mall Biform, t¥an fparcdite flexib le be bodies, which. are 
probably the organs of feeling : On feparating one 
of the pinnz from the main ftem, the fleth was 
found to be 'compofed. entirely of fmall opaque 
globes. The filiform rays (or perhaps more pro- 
~ perly the radicles, fince by them the animal attaches 
j itfelf to any thing) are each terminated by an in- 
| curvated claw, refembling in figure and evidently 
for the fame purpofe as the claws of birds. The 
Body 
