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uf Kassic, Passir, I3a(u i'j5 lil)rac (i Pickcl) 180 ad ao) voii(liin(ur florcnis, Cu^jangoring 

 aiilcni 8 tan(uni aut 10 fl. vcndi(ur. Lcsson unain laiiluMi spcciciii, liol. ncnipc cdulcni, iu cu- 

 liuaiii vcnirc dicit. Malaios trcpaiig-, Sumalrcnscs suala, rranco-Gallos priapc iiiarin, Bi'itannos 

 sca-slug hanc hol. appcllarc, pondus pccoul quod diciiiil, ^5 dollaros valcre, atquc bestiani 

 in corallioruni calcc lolani fumo siccari refcrt idcm. Taiii imillis aulcm ca:ii involvi dicit con- 

 diinenlis, ut propriuin aiiimalis giisUini nullum distiiigucrc potucri!. 



Qiiod gcographicam adtincl hololhurlarum distribulioncin, cx insulis intcr Asiam ct inler 

 Novain HoIIaiidiam sitis plurimas habcmus spccics. Iii Eiiropac maribiis vcrae noniiullae 

 invcniuntur hololhuriac; rcliquarum lcrtii noslri subgenciis liiliuum uuicam laiilum habcmus 

 hol. squamatam, cucuiiiariarum pcnlaclam; Chirodolae c( Syiiap(ac au(cin nullae reperiuntur 

 quanquam hol. inhaerens ciusquc variclalcs et hol. fusus earum locum quodammodo tcncnt 

 in noslris iiiaribus. l'.x pauris , (]nas ciiuiiieravi Africac ct Amcriuae spccicbiis, (jiiaiii iiiullac 

 adliuc dctegendac siiit spccics , iacilc iiitelligas. Ex lolo e. g. oriciitali Africac litorc , quod 

 Salt (1. I. p. 22, 3o) iiinuinera!)ilibus iinjilclum esse rcfert animalibus marinis, nc iinicaiii 

 (]ui(lcm habcmus spccicni. Ut loliim corporum orgaiiicorum rcgnuiii, ila cliam hololhuriac 

 iioslrac tropos vcrsus specicruin ct iiidividuoruni niinicro alquc magiiiludiuc , colorum varic- 

 lalc alque splcndore crcscuul, cuius cxcnipla holothurianiiii eduliuiii iiigciilcin coiisiimjilioncni, 

 synaplae Bcselii loiigiludiiicui, hoL argi et hol. lecaiiorac colorcs, holotliuriae ananas foriuas 

 singulares, Minyadis ct hol. (juadrilatcrae splcndorcni icfcram. Lucis iiilcnsilas splcndenlcs 

 ct desoxydatos iujuiiiiis gigucrc vidclur colorcs , (juod jjuliiionaiiae aliaiumque phiiilariuii 

 llores iii solc cocruIcsccii(cs, cl Gciiiia;iac aljiiuni , iu (juihus lux csl inlciisior, a/.iircae doccnl. 

 lii Irojiis igilur, ubi aUr tani clarus csl , ul vcl Hespcrtis umbiani gignal, hacc lucis irilcii^i- 

 las cliani pcr mariuiii uikUis gciiliauaruin adhuc, iil Mlu^as cl hol. (juadrilalcra docciil, colo- 

 res gigncre valct. Rc vcra niariuni, quae ob pcrjieluam uiidaruin agilationem JNyinphaeanini 

 aliisque pcrfcctiorihus aquaniiu dulciiini floribus ornarc non poluit natura, vivos quodaiumodo 

 llorcs ajiiJcllarc posscs cum splcndenlcs illas aclinias alque mcdusas , luiu purpurcas, croccas 

 c( azureas has nos(ras holodiuriarum specics. 



Cap. y. 



ADXOTATIONES ANATOMICAE. 



Aiilca, fjuam 'ricdcmann Iiol. (iibulosani diligcn(ius scrii(a(us essc( , Iiol. c( aiia(oiiiia cl i)Ii}'sio- 

 logia parum nolac craul. E( illc dc vasoruiii (juidcm s)slciiialc cl dc oiganis locomoloriis 



