254 HISTORY OF BRITISII ZOOPHYTES. 



African, and sent forth a rich aroma of sulplmrcttcd hydro- 

 gen. It is thickly studded with stones, varying in size and 

 weight from two ounces to tliirty pounds. There are a few 

 remnants of stunted rocks, tliinly scattered, from four to 

 eight inches high : these are covered with Fiicus vesiadosus 

 and serratus. In turning the stones over, I was astonished 

 to find in this Pandorian locaKty herds of the Actinia Bellis, 

 in prime condition, jackets as red as a Kentish cherry, 

 tubercles on external portion of the disc light neutral tint, 

 and strongly marked, so pugnacious, that when touched 

 water issued in full streams from nearly all the ducts. The 

 ground was literally covered with them.^' 



20. Actinia Dianthus, Ellis, or A. plumosa, Daly ell. 

 Sea Carnation. (Plate XIII. fig. ^^^^ frontispiece.) 



Hab. On rocks and shells in deep water. 



" Body cylindraccous, smooth ; oral disc marked in the 

 centre with clavate radiating bands ; tentacula numerous, 

 irregular, the outer small, and forming round the margin a 

 thick filamentous fringe." [Ellis.) 



This is well deserving of the compliment paid it by Miil- 

 ler, when he speaks of it as "Actitiiariim pulcherrima!' the 

 loveliest of the sea-anemones. When contracted, the cylin- 

 drical body is about three inches long, by one and a half in 



