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investigation only under favourable circumstances of wind 

 and weather at the equinoctial spring-tides, this, with other 

 lovely kindred species, as rosea, nivea, &c, expands its 

 beautiful blossom, in charming abundance. 



But still more profusely does it occur in certain situations 

 in the vicinity of Torquay. The line of shore between the 

 Baths and Meadfoot is very bold, and a great number of 

 precipitous insular and peninsular rocks fringe the sea- 

 margin. When the tide is very low, and when the sea is 

 very smooth, a small boat can penetrate into the narrow 

 straits and caverns formed by these fragments : and there, 

 on their landward sides, where the rays of the sun never 

 reach, may be seen myriads of Anemones, chiefly of this 

 species, but mingled with dianihus, rosea, and nivea, and 

 varied by a vast number of Alcyonium digitatum, which 

 beneath the surface of the clear water are seen blossoming 

 with their lovely polypes. 



The finest specimens I have seen are those which 

 Mr. W. A. Lloyd obtains from the Menai Straits. The 

 species seems to be specially abundant in that locality, and 

 specimens two inches in diameter are not at all rare. The 

 varieties ornata and brunnea are the prominent forms. 



The habit referred to, under 8. bellis, of greatly lengthen- 

 ing one of the tentacles, is possessed by this species also.. 

 Mr. E. W. H. Holdsworth has favoured me with the fol- 

 lowing note. " In two specimens of the Rosy-armed 

 rniniata [var. roseoides] I have observed a remarkable 

 elongation of one of the tentacula, apparently of the second 

 row. Under the microscope the surface appeared corru- 

 gated [or transversely annulated], but mostly so when the 

 arm was fully distended, and the corrugations were most 

 decided at the free end, which was enlarged, truncate, and 

 slightly dimpled at the centre. No use was made of this 

 long arm when the animal was feeding : it hung down as 



