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Scylla and Charybdis. At Charybdis, now Kalofaro, in 

 Sicily, are numerous and variable sea-currents ; and on 

 the opposite coast of Calabria is a perpendicular rock, 

 honeycombed by the sea into numberless caverns, which 

 is called Scylla. To avoid the dangers of Charybdis 

 the ancient mariners were wont to draw too near 

 Scylla, and thus provoked the shipwreck which ensued. 

 Hence the old proverb, 



" Who flies Charybdis, uiDon Scylla strikes." 



Species, a collection of individuals, whose present form 

 has been perpetuated without change since the crea- 

 tion. 



Synonym, another name for the same thing {siin, together 

 with ; onoma, a name, Greek). 



Tentacles, organs which grasp [tentare, to touch, handle, 



attack, Latin). 

 Thallia, a specific name of the glaucous anemone {thallos, 



a young shoot, especially of an ohve, Greek). [Glaucous 



means grey -blue, and alludes to the colom' of the 



olive.] 

 Troglodytes, the specific name of the cave-dweUer (trogU, a 



cave ; duein, to creep into, Greek). 



Vasculum, the term applied to portable cases for collecting 

 plants and animals {vasculum, a httle vessel or recep- 

 tacle ; vas, a vessel, Latin). 



Venusta, a specific name of the orange-disced anemone 

 {yenustm, beautiful, Latin). 



