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Paa Polypernes Bagkrop og Celle ere Køller og 

 sammensatte Stjerner almindeligst ; Spindler og Klubber 

 ere sjeldnere, men sjeldnest Firlinger. — dog træffes disse 

 sidste hyppigere end paa Stammen og Grenene. Køllerne 

 ligne særdeles meget de paa Stammen; de ere kanske 

 noget rigere paa bladformede Takker, ligesom de stjerne- 

 formede Takker ere mere fremtrædende ; de ere fra 0.252 



—0.348 lange og fra 0.064—0.084 brede foroven, 



Fig. 31. 32. Men imellem disse Koller sees andre, der 

 ere kun sparsomt smaatakkede; de have et næsten glat 



Udseende. nærme sig noget Spindelformen og ere 0.256 



lange og 0.048""" brede foroven, Fig. 33. De sammen- 

 satte Stjerner have brede, i Enderne takkede Straaler og 

 imellem Straalerne som oftest et smalt, nøgent Belte: de 



ere 0.156 lange. 0.064 brede, og Midtbeltet 0.032 



bredt, Fig. 34. Klubberne ere ikke saa rige paa Blad- 

 besætning som de paa Stammen; Bladene ere niere 

 bugtede end tandede og staa længere fra hverandre; de 



ere 0.14») lange. 0.084' brede foroven. Fig. 35. Fir- 



lingerne ere her to Slags; det ene har Korsforme)), er 

 overordentligt smukt prydet med Blade og Stjerner. 0.224'"™ 

 langt og hai- en Tverstok. der ei' 0.180 og ligesom 

 Længdestokken meget bred, Fig. 36 ; det andet nærmer sig 

 Timeglasformen, er besat med temmelig smaa Papiller og er 



0.092 langt. 0.064 bredt i Enderne og 0.028 bredt 



paa Midten. Fig. 37. 



Paa Forkroppen ere Spindlerne og Køllerne almin- 

 deligst. Klubber og Dobbeltstjerner sjeldnere. Spindlerne 

 ere dels lige. dels niere eller mindre krummede og takkede; 

 men Takkerne ere baade smaa og slaa temmelig langt fra 

 hverandre; de ere fra 0.192 — 0.224""" lange og fra o.o24 



—0.028 brede. Fig. 38. 39. Køllerne ere enten lige, 



hvilket er det hyppigste, eller noget krumme ; de lige ere 

 tæt besatte med smaa Takker. 0.260""" lange. 0.056""" 

 luede foroven, Fig. 40; de krumme ere kun svagt besatte 

 med smaa Takker, som staa temmelig langt fra hverandre, 

 ere 0.188 lange, 0.044""" brede foroven, Fig. 41. Klub- 

 berne have et kort, takket Skaft og ere forresten fbrsynede 

 med brede, bladformede Takker, der staa temmelig langt 

 fra hverandre; Rummene mellem Bladene ere tildels nøgne; 



de ere fra 0.124— 0.164 lange og fra 0.064—0.072 



brede foroven. Fig. 42. 43. Dobbeltstjernerne have næsten 

 kugledannede Ender, hvis 4—6 Takker danne Stjernen; 

 Takkerne (Straalerne) ende tildels i en liden Stjerne og 

 Midtpartiet er nøgent. De nærme sig meget Dobbelt- 



kuglen, ere 0.096 lange og 0.068 firede i Enderne 



med et o.o36 bredt Midtbelte, Fig. 44. 



intermediate between the cruciform and the sand-glass form. 



but nearest to the latter; it measures 0.092 in length. 



and 0.080""" in breadth at the extremities, and 0.036""" 

 in breadth at the middle (rig. 30). 



On the posterior body of the polyps and cell, sub- 

 clavates and eomplex stellates are the most frequent forms; 

 fusees and clavates are more rare. and quadruplets are 

 the rarest ot all. but these last are met with, however, 

 more frequently than is the case on the stem and the 

 branches. The subclavates particularly resemble those of 

 the stem; they are perhaps a little richer in foliform 

 spikes, whilst. also. the stelliform spikes are more promi- 

 nent : the\ measure from 0.252 — 0.348""" in length. and 



from 0.064—0.084 ' in breadth above (figs. 31. 32). But 



between these subclavates others are seen which are only 

 sparingly supplied with small spikes; they have an alun isj 

 smooth appearance, and approach in form somewhat to 



the fusiformj; they measure 0.256' in length, and 0.048""" 



in breadth above (fig. 33). The eomplex stellates have 

 broad rays, spicate in the extremities, and between their 

 rays they geuerally have a narrow bare stripe; they mea- 

 sure 0.156""" in length, and 0.064 in breadth, the mesial 



stripe measuring 0.032""" in breadth (fig. 34). The clav- 

 ates are not so rich in foliaceous ornamentation as those 

 of the stem. the leaves are more linguated than dentated, 

 and are placed further apart from each other; they measure 



n.1411 in length, and 0.084 in breadth above (fig. 35). 



The quadruplets are, liere, ol' two kinds; the one is 

 cracifbrm, and is extremelj beautifully adorned with leaves 

 and stars; it measures 0.224""" in length. and has a trans- 

 versal arm which measures 0.180""", and which. like the 

 longitudinal arm, is very broad (fig. 36); the other Irind 

 approaches in funn tu the sand-glass form, and is beset 



with råtner small papillæ; it measures 0.092 ' in length. 



0.064 in breadth at the extremities. and 0.028 in 



breadth at the middle (fig. 37). 



On the anterior body. the fusees and subclavates are 

 the most frequent forms met with: clavates and bistellates 

 are more rare; the fusees are, partly straight, and partly 

 more oi- less curved and spicate. bul the spikes are, both, 

 small and placed pretty far apart from each other; they 



measure from 0.192 -0.224 in length. and from o.o24 



— 0.02S in breadth (figs. 38. 39). The subclavates are 



either straight — which is the most usual form — or 

 they are somewhat curved; the straight ones are closely 



beset with small spikes, 'aud measure 0.260 in length. 



and 0.056 in breadth above (fig. 40); the curved ones 

 are only faintly beset with small spikes, which are placed 

 pretty far apart from each other; they measure 0.188'"™ 

 in length. and 0.044""" in breadth above (fig. 41). The 

 clavates have a short spicate shaft, and are, otherwise, 

 furnished with broad foliaceous spikes which are placed 

 pretty far apart tron) each other: the spaces between the 



leaves are, partly, bare; they measure from 0.124 — 0.164 



in length. and from 0.064—0.072""" in breadth above 

 (figs. 42.4.'!). Tin' bistellates have almost globular extrem- 

 ities whose 4 — spikes form the sta)-. The spikes 



