APPENDLX ni. 



Ovaries, the organs whence the eggs [ovum, an egg, Latin) 

 originate. 



Parasitic, the specific name of an anemone. A parasite was 

 a person who stationed himself (jmra) beside (siton) the 

 food (Greek) of another; hence, originally, a mess- 

 mate, kc, then it degenerated (together vaXh. the prac- 

 tice) into the idea of flattering, "toad^dng," and the 

 like ; aftenvards it became applied in Natural History 

 to those animals who took up their abode on or about 

 some other animals or some plants, and did not select a 

 freehold of their o\m.. 



Physiology, the history of natural objects, more generally 

 applied to organic objects [physis, nature ; logos, a word, 

 Greek). 



Platycheles, the specific name of the " broad- clawed'' crab 

 [platys, broad ; chelai, claws, Greek). 



Polyp, many-footed, the synonyme of the true zoophyte : in 

 allusion to the tentacles of the animals {polus, many ; 

 pons, foot, Greek). 



Radiate, possessing organs arranged in rays round a centre 



(radius, a ray, Latin). 

 Rosea, the specific name of the rosy anemone [rosa, a rose, 



Latin). 



Sagartia, one of Mr. Gosse s new genera : see Chapter VI. 

 (perhaps from sage, armour, and arteesthai (Hdt.), to 

 make ready, Greek ; in allusion to the missile " thi'eads " 

 which characterize the genus). 



