I-O Mr. Adams'j Defcriptions of fame 



pentagon, and the under fide with a fmall yellow 

 .cinquefoil. The body contains a yellovvifli juice. 

 Rays jointed, and from either fide of each joint pro- 

 ceed three oval pellucid pointed bodies, which caufe 

 its hirfute appearance. 

 c, rubens. A. flellata, radiis lanceolatis gibbis, undique aculeata. 

 Lltin.Svft.Nat.Ed.i^.p. \0(^().BaJ}er.fiibf.t.\^.f. I — 6. 

 Not un frequent in Milford Haven. 

 Ohf. Colour pale orange ; diameter 14 inches. 



3. pe^'inata ? A. radiata, radiis duplicatis ; fuperioribus pinnatis, in- 

 ferioribus filiformibus. Lhm. Syjl. 'Nat. p. iioi. 

 A. decacnemos. Fen. Br. Zool. v. 4. p. 66. /. 2,3' 



f. yi. bona. 

 In Milford Haven, very common. 



Olf. Both the pinnated and fimple rays in this fingular 

 fpecies are clofely jointed throughout, and from 

 thefe articulations ariies its flexibility. The pinnje 

 on the under fide are furniflied with hollow tubes, 

 gradually decreafing in fize as they approach the 

 end; from which proceed, at the v/ill of the animal, 

 fmall filiform, tranfparent, flexible bodies, which are 

 probably the organs of feeling : On feparating one 

 of the pinnae from the main ftem, the flefla was 

 found to be compofed entirely of fmall opaque 

 globes. The filiform rays (or perhaps more pro- 

 perly the radicles, fince by them the animal attaches 

 itfelf to any thing) are each terminated by an in- 

 cur\ ated claw, refembling in figure and evidently 

 for the fame purpofe as the claws of birds. The 



body 



