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GENUS III. TEALIA (Gosse). 
Actinia (Linn.). 
Cribrina (Eiikenb.). 
Cereiis^ (Milne Edwards). 
Banodes (Qosse). 
Base exceeding the column. 
Coliumi not pillar-like ; the diameter usually much 
exceeding the height. Surface studded with per- 
manent rounded warts, which are hollow, and have a 
strong adhesive power, irregularly scattered, or not 
set in vertical lines. Margin denticulate. Substance 
cartilaginous. 
Bisk flat, circular in outline, considerably over- 
lapping the column. Radii inconspicuous. 
Tentacles not very numerous, arranged in several 
rows, sub-marginal ; short, thick, and conical ; uni- 
colorous, or marked with undefined rings or bands 
of alternate colours ; perfectly retractile. 
Mouth raised on a cone ; stomach habitually pro- 
truded to a great extent. 
Muscular system highly developed ; very dense, and 
of a cartilaginous firmness. 
ANALYSIS OF BRITISH SPECIES. 
Warts unequal : stomach and warts red ; tentacles un- 
handed digitaia. 
Warts equal : stomach and warts grey ; tentacles banded . cramc<yrnU. 
