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otherwise have been the case. The zoophyte 

 in Hastings specimens is from an inch to an 

 inch-and-a-half high and branches very little. 

 The polypary is transparent, white, or flesh- 

 colour. The general colour of the polypites is 

 orange-red, but this, on close examination, 

 may be observed to be confined mainly to the 

 proboscis and gonophores. 



The polypites are similar in shape to 

 those of the last species. The mouth is 

 surrounded by a ring of about twelve tentacles, 

 and around the body, near the base, is another 

 circle of transparent tentacles considerably 

 longer than those around the mouth, and 

 numbering about twenty-five. Just within 

 this circle of tentacles the gonophores are 

 situated ; they are oval and borne on short 

 stalks, and are generally of an orange-red 

 colour. The reproductive bud, on liberation, 

 is medusa-form, but without the bell, and of 

 an elongated egg shape, with a slight 

 constriction towards the basal or larger end. 

 At the narrower end, where the mouth is 

 situated, there are four short and thick 

 tentacles which are very similar in size and 

 appearance to the tubercles which are 



