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Polypidoms confervoid, horny, fistular; the polype- 

 cells free. VESICULARINA. 



Family VI. Body of the polype separate from the pa- 

 rietes of the cell, which is deciduous. VESICU- 



LAEIAD.E. 



Polype-cells uniserial, coalescent. SEEIOLARIA. 

 Polype-cells uniserial, disjunct. VESICULAEIA. 

 Polype-cells scattered, solitary. BEANIA. 

 Polype- cells clustered, irregular; the polypes with 



eight tentacula. VALKEEIA. 

 Polype-cells clustered, irregular ; the polypes with ten 



tentacula. BOWEEBANKIA. 

 Polype-cells clustered, irregular; the polypes with 



twelve tentacula. FAEELLA. 

 Family VII. Body of the polype adnate to the cell. 



PEDICELLIN^E. 

 Only one genus PEDICELLTNA. 



" Here, too, were living flowers, 

 \Vhich, like a bud comparted, 

 Their purple cells contracted ; 

 And now in open blossom spread, 

 Stretched like green anthers many a seeking head ; 



