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African, and sent forth a rich aroma of sulphuretted hydro- 
gen. It is thickly studded with stones, varying in size and 
weight from two ounces to thirty pounds. There are a few 
remnants of stunted rocks, thinly scattered, from four to 
eight inches high: these are covered with Mucus vesiculosus 
and serratus. In turning the stones over, I was astonished 
to find in this Pandorian locality herds of the Actinia Beths, 
in prime condition, jackets as red as a Kentish cherry, 
tubercles on external portion of the disc light neutral tint, 
and strongly marked, so pugnacious, that when touched 
water issued in full streams from nearly all the ducts. The 
ground was literally covered with them.” 
20. ActintA Drantuus, His, or A. pLuMosA, Dalyell. 
Sea Carnation. (Plate XIII. fig. 44, frontispiece.) 
Hab. On rocks and shells in deep water. 
“‘ Body cylindraceous, smooth ; oral disc marked in the 
centre with clavate radiating bands; tentacula numerous, 
irregular, the outer small, and forming round the margin a 
thick filamentous fringe.” (/s.) 
This is well deserving of the compliment paid it by Miil- 
ler, when he speaks of it as “‘Actoniarum pulcherrima,” the 
loveliest of the sea-anemones. When contracted, the cylin- 
drical body is about three inches long, by one and a half in 
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