ACTINIA. 



The tentacles or claws of all thefe animal flowers, that 

 were preferved in fpirits, are greatly contracted. 



This elegant one was likewife fent from the Weft la- 

 dies to the Earl of Hillfborough, by Mr. Greg. 



9. Actinia Dianthus. 



Actinia Icevis fubcyl'm- 

 drica, difco qai?iquepar- 

 tito foliaceo, tentaculis 

 exiguis albis ornato^ ofculo 

 elevato Jiriato. 



Sea Carnatio?i. 



This animal flower is fmooth 

 and fomewhat cylindrical in 

 its ftem. The diflc or upper 

 part is divided into 5 leaf-like 

 figures, which are adorned 

 with many minute white claws,, 

 that furround its mouth, which 

 is elevated and ftriated. 



AEiinia Dianthus. Ellis Phil. Tranf. Vol. 57. pag.436. 

 tab. 19. fig. 8. 



I found this animal flower in plenty adhering to the 

 under part of fome rocks, oppofite to the town of Haft- 

 ings in SufTex ; it hangs downwards, and has the appear- 

 ance, when the tide is out, of a ilender longftalked yel- 

 low fig : but being put into a glafs veiTel of fait water, 

 upon its bafe, it finks down and exhibits this form, as it 

 is expanding its feelers. 



10. Actinia Calendula. 



Actinia Jlirpe fubtur- 

 hi7iata, difco tentaculis 

 petalijormibus cinEio. 



Sea Marigold. 



This animal flower has a 

 topfhaped item, and its difk 

 furrounded by tentacles or 

 claws, fomething like the pe- 

 tals of a flower. 



Tab. i. 

 Fig. 3. 



Tab. 1. Fig. 3, 



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