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^^^^ Polypidoms confervoid, horny, fistular; the polype- 

 cells free. Yesicularina. 

 Tamily YI. Body of the polype separate from the pa- 

 rietes of the cell, which is deciduous. Yesicu- 



LAEIADJE. 



Polype-cells uniserial, coalescent. Seriolaria. 

 Polype-cells uniserial, disjunct. Yesicularia. 

 Polype-cells scattered, solitary. Beania. 

 Polype-cells clustered, irregular; the polypes with 



eight tentacula. Yalkeria. 

 Polype-cells clustered, irregular ; the polypes with ten 



tentacula. Bowerbankia. 

 Polype-cells clustered, irregular; the polypes with 



twelve tentacula. Farella. 

 Tamily YII. Body of the polj^e adnate to the cell. 



Pedicellin^. 

 Only one genus — Pedicellina. 



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" Here, too, were living flowers, 

 "Which, like a bud comparted, 

 Their pnrple cells contracted : 

 And uow in open blossom spread. 

 Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head 



