THE ORNATE ANEMONE. 



very short tentacles ; these, as far as I have been able to examine them, 

 are not connected with the yellow bands." On each primary radius is a 

 large heart-shaped spot of cream-white, well denned, in the midst of the 

 dark-brown ,■ and on each secondary radiu3 a similar spot, but more elon- 

 gated, and situate a little more remote from the common centre. 



Tentacles. Dark brown at the base, becoming paler toward the tip, en- 

 circled by three white rings, of which the basal one is very 

 distinctly defined. 



Mouth. Lip pink; frequently conspicuous. 



Size. 



About three-fourths of an inch in height when extended ; 

 flower half an inch in diameter. 



Locality. 



The entrance of Dartmouth harbour, in the laminarian 

 zone. 



Varieties. 



a. Fusca. The condition above described. 

 tentacle £ Rubida. The brown on the tentacles and certain parts 

 (front view). of the ^^ replaced by various shades of red. 



This attractive little Anemone appears to have been seen 

 only by Mr. Holdsworth, ■who described it in detail, with 

 accompanying drawings, in a Memoir read before the 

 Zoological Society of London, Dec. 11th, 1855. From 

 those details, as published in the Society's proceedings, I 

 have compiled the above description, merely throwing them 

 into that order of arrangement, which, for convenience of 

 reference, I have adopted in this work. I have been aided, 

 however, by the original beautiful drawings, which my 

 friend has liberally placed in my hands. From these, the 

 figures in Plate II. have been likewise copied ; fig. 9 re- 

 presenting the flower, fig. 10 the button. 



" This species," as its discoverer observes, " is chiefly 

 remarkable for the beauty of its oral disk, "which, for 

 colouring and elegance of marking, will bear comparison 



