42 Of the Polype'i Arms. 



hath five Arms or Rays each an Inch broad, 

 and more thon five Inches in Length. The 

 Trunk not above an Inch and half in Di- 

 ameter. The upper or convex Side is wrought 

 all over with very little lenticular Knobs, al- 

 moft like a Chameleons Skin, with fmall 

 Concavities interjeded, like thofe in Pop- 

 py Seed. Underneath, each Arm is fiir- 

 rowed, the Margins of the Furrows being fet 

 with a Kind of curious Fringe. The Margins 

 of the Arms wrought with lenticular Emi- 

 nencies fet in a ftrait Row, and befprinkled 

 as it were with little Centaury Seed. 



Whoever has feen a Polype in the Micro- 

 fcope, will be fenfible how nearly this De- 

 fcription anfwers the Appearance of its 

 Arms. 



He defcribes likewife the prickled Star- 

 Flfj, or Stella Marrna kirfuta. It hath 

 five Arms, each Arm pointed, and alfo flen- 

 der or narrowed next the Trunk, but fpread 

 in the Middle : two Inches and three Quar- 

 ters long : the Trunk itfelf not above half 

 an Inch Diameter. The upper Part hath 

 a rough Shag of (hort Prickles, the other of 

 longer : where alfo the Arms are furrowed. 

 Thefe innumerable Prickles upon their Arms 

 are all moveable, as in the Sea Hedge-Hog. 



As he proceeds to treat of other Kinds, 

 he defcribes among them, one whofe Arms 

 are fet round about with little Knobs like 

 Pins Heads, leffer upon greater, and another 



Kind 



