no 



ANTHOZOA HYDROIDA. 

 Fig. 23. 



This appears to be the proper place to notice two doubtful 

 zoophytes which have been referred to the genus 



Cymodocea,'" Lamouroux. 



Character. — ■ " Plant-like ; cells cylindrical^ varying in 

 length, filiform^ alternate or opposite ; stem fistular, marked 

 vjith rings helow, plain above, and loithout interior division^ 



1. C. SIMPLEX, stems sitnple, slightly undulated, twig-like ; 

 cells long and filiform, alternate. Dawson Turner.-|- 



Cymodocea simplex, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 216, pi. 7, fig. 2. Blaim: Actinolog. 487. 

 pi. 81, fig. 4. 



* The name of one of the sea-nymphs into which the ships of ^^Sneas were 

 changed by Cybele. 



+ D. Turner, Esq. of Yarmouth, F.L.S. — very eminent for his knowledge of 

 cryptogamic botany, and for his skill in antiquities. He is the author of a beautiful 

 work on the Fuci. The genus Dmvsonia of Robert Brown is a just tribute to his 

 merit. 



