Chap. IX. 



TABULAR VIEW. 



349 



5, fig. 2 



C. impatiens A. Ag.—Gulf of Georgia (A. Agassiz). 



C. Anais Less., PI. 5, fig. l._ Circe elougata Less., PI 



(the same contracted). — Seas of Africa (Rang). 

 C. rosea Forbes, Nak. Med., PI. 1, fig. 1. — British Seas (Forbes). 

 Persa McCr. 



P. iucolorata McCr., PI. 12, fig. ^. — Charleston (McCrady). 

 Mitra Less. 



M. Rangii Less., PI. 6, fig. 5. — Seas of Africa (Rang). The long 

 tentacles indicate an affinity with Tiara Less. 

 3d Family. Polyorchid.e A. Ai/. See note 2, p. 352. 



Poly orchis A. %.^ — Melicertum Lsch. (p. p.).— Aglaura DeBl. (p. p.). 

 P. penicillata A. % — Melicertum penicillatum Lsch., PI. 8, fig. 4. 

 — Aglaura penicillata DeBl. — California (Eschscholtz). — G^m(^ 

 of Georgia and San Francisco (A. Agassiz). 

 4th Family. Melicertid.e Ag. See note 2, p. 352. 



Melicertum 0/!r«. — Melicerta Ph. and LeS. (p. p.). — Campanella 

 Less, (non Bl). 

 M. campanula Per. and Z(?>S'. — Medusa campanula i^a^. — Campa- 

 nella ^Ahx\(i\\ Less.— Greenland (Fabricius); Massachusetts Bay 

 (Agassiz). 



M. pusillum iZw/^ — Actinia pusilla -.S'^wfe — Melicertum campanu- 

 latum Ehrent)., PL 8, fig. 7 (non Cham, and Egsenh.). — ^iomo. 



brachium octocostatum Forbes, Nak. Med., PI. 4, fig. I. 



Oceania octocostata Sars. — vEquorea octocostata Less. — Thau- 

 mantias Milleri Lundsb. — Gernum Ocean (Swartz) ; England 

 (Forbes). 



M. campanulatum E.ich. (non Ehrenb.). — Me(\\\sii campanulata Cham. 

 and Egsenh., Act. Nov., X. PI. 30, fig. 1. — Campanella Cha- 

 missonis Less. — South Sea (Chamisso and Eysenhardt). 



M. georgicum A. Agr — Gulf of Georgia (A. Agassiz). 



' Polyorchis A. Ag. Spherosome bell-shaped. 

 Ovaries suspended as independent pouches near the 

 base of the digestive cavity ; digestive cavity cylindri- 

 cal, very flexible, terminating in simple lips. Chymi- 

 ferous tubes sending off numerous branches at right 

 angles with the main stems; tentacles forming a 

 knee upon themselves, and having the tentacular 

 bulb at a distance from the circular tube. No 

 ocelli or sensitive capsules. 



^ Melicertum georgicum A. Ag. Spherosome 

 somewhat pointed towards abactinal region; tenta- 

 cles much fewer in number than in the species of 

 the New England coast, with large tentacular bulbs ; 

 digestive cavity longer, terminating in four lips. 

 Ovaries not extending to the base of the chymi- 

 ferous tubes. Digestive cavity, ovaries, and tenta- 

 cular bulbs of a yellowish-brown color. — Gulf of 

 Georgia, Wasfdngton Territory, July (A. Agassiz). 



