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ANTHOZOA HYDROIDA. 

 Fig. 23. 



This appears to be the proper place to notice two doubtful 

 zoophytes which have been referred to the genus 



CYMODOCEA,* Lamouroux. 



CHARACTER. " Plant-like ; cells cylindrical, varying in 

 length, filiform, alternate or opposite ; stem fistular, marked 

 with rings below, plain above, and without interior division" 



1. C. SIMPLEX, stems simple, slightly undulated, twig-like ; 

 cells long and filiform, alternate. Dawson Turner.^ 



Cymodocea simplex, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 216, pi. 7, fig. 2. Blainv. Actinolog. 487. 

 pi. 81, fig. 4. 



* The name of one of the sea-nymphs into which the ships of ^Eneas were 

 changed by Cybele. 



t D. Turner, Esq. of Yarmouth, F.L.S. very eminent for his knowledge of 

 cryptogamic botany, and for his skill in antiquities. He is the author of a beautiful 

 work on the Fuci. The genus Dawsonia of Robert Brown is a just tribute to his 

 merit. 



