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6th GENUS. The A S C I D I A. Pi. V, 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



Body fixed to a fhell, rock, &c. tapering, and ifTues as it were from a 

 fheath. Two apertures at the top, of which one is placed lower than 

 the other. 



6me. GENRE. L' A S C I D I E. PI. V. 



CARACTERE DU GENRE. 



Le corps eft fixe, va en diminuant, et fort comme d'un fourreau. II y a 

 deux ouvertures au haut, dont Tune eft fitue'e plus has que I'autre. 



ASCIDIA Papillofa. Linn. T 'ASCIDIE a Mammellons. 



No. I. The Nippled Af- ■ J Elle a ordinairement trois 



cidia. Plate V. Fig. I. Its length pouces de long, un pouce fept 



is generally three inches, breadth lignes de large, et la figure en eft 



one inch feven lines, and figure ovale. En defius elle eft pourvue 



oval. On the upper part it is de deux excroiffances mammillaires 



furniftied with two mammilliry ou organes avances, dont I'un fitue 



protuberances, or extended organs ; au haut du corps a un orifice en 



one of which fituated on the top forme de croix I'autre eft place un 



of the body, has an orifice in form peu plus bas, et a I'orifice fitue en 



of a crofs. The other is placed a travers, lequel orifice eft triangu- 



little below, the orifice of which laire. Les levres, dcs deux ori- 



tranfverfely fituated is triangular, fic.s font environnees de plufieurs 



The lips of either orifice are en- poils fetacc^s, couleur d'argille, 



compaffed with feveral fetaceous longs d'une ligne, mais qui n'ont 



hairs, of a clay color and one line point d'ordre regulier. Tout le 



in length, but obferving no regu- dehors du corps eft rude, parfeme' 



lar order. The whole furface of de petits boutons ou mammelons 



the 



