THE ORNATE ANEMONE. 
very short tentacles ; these, as far as I have been able to examine them, 
are not connected with the yellow bands.” On each primary radius is a 
large heart-shaped spot of cream-white, well defined, in the midst of the 
dark-brown ; and on each secondary radius a similar spot, but more elon* 
gated, and situate a little more remote from the common centre. 
Tentacles. 
TENTACLE 
[front vieio). 
Dark brown at the base, becoming paler toward the tip, en- 
circled by three white rings, of which the basal one is very 
distinctly defined. 
Mouth. Lip pink; frequently conspicuous. 
Size. 
About three-fourths of an inch in height when extended ; 
flower half an inch in diameter. 
Locality. 
The entrance of Dartmouth harbour, in the laniinarian 
zone. 
Varieties. 
a. Fusea, The condition above described. 
0. Fubida. The brown on the tentacles and certain parts 
of the disk replaced by various shades of red. 
This attractive little Anemone appears to have been seen 
only by iMr. Holdsworth, who described it in detail, with 
accompanying drawings, in a Memoir read before the 
Zoological Society of London, Dec. llth, 1855. From 
those details, as published in tlie Society’s proceedings, I 
have compiled the above description, merely throwing them 
into that order of arrangement, which, for convenience of 
reference, I have adopted in tliis work. I have been aided, 
however, by the original beautiful drawings, whicli my 
friend has liberally placed in my hands. From these, the 
figures in Plate II. have been likewise copied ; fig. 9 re- 
presenting the flower, fig. 10 the button. 
“ This species,” as its discoverer observes, “ is chiefly 
remarkable for the beauty of its oral disk, which, for 
coloiu’ing and elegance of marking, will bear comparison 
