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Afcidla Ruftica. Linn. No. 5. L'Afcidie Champetre. 



TheRuAic Afcidia. Plate V. Fig. Le corps eft allonge de forme 



4. The body is oblong nearly of a peu pres cylindrique et de cou- 



a cylindric form, and of a brown- leur tirant fur le brun. Les ex- 



ifli color J the extremities are fca- trcmites en font fcabreufes, I'un 



brous; one end turning upwards; des bouts releve', le milieu uni et 



middle part fmooth ; lower flat, la partie inferieure applatie. Elle 



Dwells in the Northern Sea. habite les mers du Nord. 



The animals belonging to this Les animaux qui appartiennent 



genus, fquirt out the water they a ce genre feringuent i'eau qu'ils 



receive, as it were from the fun- prennent, commc li c'e'toit par 



nel of a fountain. The animacula I'entonnoir d'une fontaine, et les 



contained therein, feem to be their animalcules qui y font contenus 



nourifliment. The expanfion and paroifTent etre leur nourriture. Le 



contradion of their bodies, occa- gonflement et le retreciflement de 



fion their affuming various forms. leurs corps les font paroitre fous 



une variete' de formes differentes. 



G E N U S 7. ACTINIA. Tab. V. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus fe aSigens ball, oblongum, teres : apice dilatabili intus tenta- 

 culato. Os terminali dentibus incurvis; Roftro cylindrico radiate: 

 (apertura prater os nulla.) Lynn. Syft. Nat. Pag. 1088. 



7th G E N U S. The ACTINIA. Plate V, 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body oblong, round, afExingitfelf to fonie other fubftance : the top 

 capable of dilatation, furrounded within with numberlefs tentacula. 

 Mouth the only aperture; furniflied with crooked teeth. The trunk 

 cylindric and radiated, 



yme GENRE, 



