CONTENTS. IX 



CHAP. IX. 



MABIT1ME PLANTS. 



Seaside Flowers. Interest attached to them. Vegetation of 

 Seaside less luxuriant than in Inland Places. Seaside 

 Grasses. Seaside flowering Plants. Examples of various 

 Species . Page 151 



CHAP. X. 



PHYSIOLOGY OF MABITIME PLANTS. 



Adaptation of their Structure to their Places of Abode. Special 

 Instances of this Adaptation. Analogy between Marine and 

 Maritime Plants. Functions of Boots. Adaptation of Leaves 

 to their Office, &c 171 



CHAP. XL 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Number and Variety of Organic Forms. Generalisation. 

 Classification of the Animal Kingdom . . . .183 



CHAP. XII. 



BADIATA, OB HAYED ANIMALS ZOOPHYTES. 



Various Species of Zoophytes. Tubularia. Sertularia. 

 Sea-pen. Sea-fan. Actiniae, " Sea Anemones," &c. . 191 



CHAP. XIIJ. 



BAYED ANIMALS SEA-NETTLES. 



Structure and Organisation. Variety of Species. Differences 

 in Form, Colour, Modes of Locomotion. Luminous Proper- 

 ties. Eeproduction, &c 203 



CHAP. XIV. 



BAYED ANIMALS STAB-FISHES. 



Crinoidese of Primaeval Seas. Different Families of the Star- 

 fishes Their Structure, &c. Ophiuridae. Feather-star. 

 ! Sun-star. Brittle-star, &c 219 



