54 A MANUAL 



a. The common variety. 

 h. The glaucous variety {A.thalliaf Gosse). 

 Disc, a many-raj^ed star of yellow on a blackish 

 ground. 



2. Actiriia clavata, 



*' The Weymouth Anemone." 



Warts arranged in vertical rows, and all equal. 

 a. The yellow \ 



h. The rose [ variety. 



c. The glaucous ) 



3. Actinia coriacea, 



" The Thick-skinned Anemone." 



Warts irregularly arranged. Varieties numberless. 



Group III. 



Warts flattened, and on the upper portion of the 

 body only. AVhite threads sent out from invisible 

 pores, and containing spike-cases. 



1. Actinia bellis, 

 " The Daisy." 



Disc flat, two or three times as broad as the 

 body when the latter is at all lengthened. Ten- 

 tacles very numerous, small and crowded hori- 

 zontally on the outer edge of the disc. 



