170 CAMPANULARIID^. 



C. flexuosa attains a height of about an inch. 

 Hab. Confined to the littoral region, and extremely 

 common on all parts of our coast. 



Shetland, Jersey, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Ireland, &c. 



7. C. ANGULATA, Hincks. 



"Catalogue of Devon and Cornw. Zooph.," Ann. N. H. (3rd ser.) viii. 26], 

 pi. viii. 



Plate XXXIV. tig. 1, and Woodcut, fig. 14. 



STEM slender, simply pinnate or very slightly branched, zig- 

 zag, the spaces between the bends very long, ringed at the 

 base and above the origin of the pedicels, often produced 

 at the extremity into long, tendril-like claspers ; HYDKO- 

 THEC,E alternate, canipanulate, rather deep, tapering 

 gradually downwards, even-rimmed, borne on very long 

 ringed pedicels, which are given .off at each flexure, and 

 are slightly attenuated above; GOISOTHECJE irregularly 

 ovate, with a feio obscure wrinkles, and occasionally one 

 or two projecting points, terminating above in a short, 

 broad neck, ivhich is somewhat truncate at the top, deve- 

 loped on the creeping stem and attached by a short, ringed 

 stalk (3-4 rings) ; POLYPITE with about 24 remarkably 

 long and slender tentacles. 



Height from | to f inch. 



THIS species may be known by the great length of the 

 internodes, which bend from side to side and form a series 

 of obtuse angles, and of the tapering pedicels that support 

 the calycles. They have commonly from 9-12 rings, and 

 sometimes nearly 20 ; occasionally there is a smooth por- 

 tion about the middle of the pedicel. The tendril-like 

 prolongation of the stem is also a striking feature ; it is 

 often of great length, much thickened above, and strongly 

 annulated towards the lower end. Specimens occur in 



