68 BY THE DEEP SEA. 



enumerate in detail. We will mention one, because otherwise 

 it might be taken for some other species : if the ground colour 

 of its column is green, it may be marked with short lines or 

 dashes or spots of yellow ; or if it is dark-red or liver-coloured, 

 it may be studded with green dots. It is one of the hardiest 

 kinds to keep in an aquarium, where it will soon multiply by 

 discharging a number of tiny replicas of itself, though some- 

 times these will be sent out as mere eggs, which will not get 

 their tentacles until a week or ten days later. 



There are several species of Anemone which, though they 

 differ strongly in the eyes of a naturalist, may easily be con- 

 fused with the Beadlet on a cursory glance when they are in 

 the "button" or closed condition. Two of these are repre- 

 sented in this illustration. The Rosy Anemone (Sagariia 



SNOWY ANEMONE. ROSY ANEMONE. 



rosed) is representative of an entirely different genus from that 

 to which the Beadlet belongs. When expanded the column is 

 cylindric in shape, its base not nearly so broad as that of the 

 Beadlet. Near the base the colour is buff, deepening above 

 into a rich ruddy brown ; on the upper part there are a num- 

 ber of little suckers, to which fragments of shell arid gravel 

 adhere. The tentacles are rosy, with an inclination to become 



