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HYDROZOA. 



for the ova during the earlier stages of their 

 development (Jig. 7, h). The interior of the poly- 

 pite leads to a large central cavity, situate in the 

 substance of the thick gelatinous umbrella, and 



Fig. 7. 



Oceanic forms of LrcEKNAEiDJE : — a, Ehizostoma pulmo ; b, 

 Chrysaora hysoscella ; c, its lithocyst. (All reduced.) 



lined by a layer of endoderm which sends pro- 

 longations into the system of anastomosing canals, 

 communicating with a marginal vessel, fringed, in 

 its turn, by a series of tentacular diverticula. The 

 generative products are lodged in saccular pro- 



