THE ROSY ANEMONE. 
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second rows are crossed at the foot by two undefined dusky bars, some- 
times obsolescent, of which the upper is the thicker. 
Mouth. Lip white ; or light pink. 
Size. 
It occasionally rises to a height of an inch and a half ; and the diameter 
of the tentacular flower is about an inch. 
Locality. 
The south-west corner of Great Britain : in holes and rock-pools at low 
water-mark. 
Varieties. 
a. Vinosa. The condition described above, which is that to which the 
specific name rosea was first applied, and which appears to be the most 
widely-spread variety. (Plate i. fig. 4.) 
/3. Pulcherrima. Column cream-white, merging towards the summit 
into pale oHve. Disk cream-white, with dark lines between the radii. 
Tentacles crimson-lake, with several (more or less distinct) darker bars ; 
those of the first row thicker, usually carried erect, or arching inwards. 
(Plate i. fig. 6, which is copied from a beautiful drawing with which 
Professor Jordan has favoured me.) 
y. Erythrops. Column dark brown, inclining to olive, with conspicuous 
pale suckers. Disk brilliant orange-scarlet. Tentacles rather short, stout, 
bright rose-lilac, the bands across the foot well defined. A very lovely 
variety, which I have found near Torquay. 
5. Demetana. Small and low, rarely exceeding half an inch in height or 
diameter. Column rich red-brown, with inconspicuous suckers. Disk 
crimson, often with a tinge of orange, usually more or less puckered at the 
margin. Tentacles crimson, short, crowded, resembling a compact fringe. 
(Plate i. fig. 5.) 
For the first and second of tliese varieties, I have retained 
the names proposed respectively by Mr. Holdsworth and 
Professor Jordan, who described them as species under 
these appellations. I am quite sure that both must be 
referred to this species. The fourth is the form so abun- 
dant on the Pembroke coast; a very marked variety, to 
which I have assigned a name alluding to the ArjpLrjTal, 
the ancient inhabitants of that part of Wales. All are 
beautiful ; but perhaps jtulckerrima, as its name imports, is 
the loveliest of all. 
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