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CHAPTER V. 



SEA-ANEMONES.— THEIR DIFFERENT KINDS, 



8EA-AXEM0XES, CONTINUED. — DIVISIONS INTO GENERa! — SAGARTIA.— - 



BUNODES. — ACTINIA. ANTHEA. ADAMSIA. ABNORMAL FORMS OF 



ACTINIAD^. — CORYNACTES. — HYANTHUS. — CAPNEA. — ARACHNITIS. — ED- 

 WARDSIA. — PEACHIA. 



If Sea-Anemones were all of one kind^ one colom-, one 

 form, one uniform habit, however exquisite that one colour 

 and form mig'ht be, its constant repetition would tire the 

 senses, and having seen one or two specimens w^e should 

 soon cease to admire the rest. It is so with flowers : it 

 is so with beauty of every kind. If our ladies were uni- 

 formly fashioned after the strict model of beauty as set 

 forth in the statues of Yen us, it is doubtful whether they 

 would find so many admirers as they do now, with their 

 .charming variety of feature, complexion, and expression. 

 No tiresome sameness marks our sea-fiowers, but every one 



