eeirsnsseneinenm tre: 
Dr. Dekay on the Pennatule Fléche. 87 
— undressed cotton purchased for pats eee, 
. N. 
as planted in a garden, having a -exposure. The 
bret came to maturity rather better than was expected, 
but the staple. was very fine and abundant, wt that articles 
of domestic use such’ as stockings, gloves, &c. &c. were 
manufactured from it. It is probable that if these plants 
had received proper attention and been placed in a favoura- 
ble situation, the ees would have been much greater. 
ZOOLOGY, 
: Hi aaron ae Bh 
_ ibe ae rrernag is 
James E. Dexay, M.D, 
Dr. Wisc ati was so obliging as to submit to my ins 
spection an animal found adhering, to the Diodon pilosus of 
that gentleman. From its feathery appearance it_was refer- 
red to the Pennatula of Lia Marck, species Sagitta, but it 
be a orresponded to. the character of the order (Polypi 
ke had deseri d it merely from a 
ny Je mentions nang was so doubtful 
8 respect to its ; place i in this genus, that he had not des- 
cribed it. 
Tts want of an “ axe organique” orenheroe bony 
substance was probably the cause. . tine 
Linneus had placed this animal wae a the ; in s Lernea, 
but Cuvier | unces perhaps too ecisiv ly, at it must 
Rage RS Salona to the genus Calygus i Suewe 
whe ced under Order sSapeaa chi 
oo uaa 5 aa : 
ment de pe Le pennat -sagitta nes ‘est 
tout autre ¢ celui de utétre | est, ce, uD 
itys.”” Ths towerer. ‘i canot be from its want of 
fills and horny jaws. 
