THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SECOND SERIES.] 

 No. 56. AUGUST 1852. 



VIII. — Notes on the Reproduction of the Campanulariadse ; with a 

 description of a new species o/Laomedea. By the Rev. Thomas 

 HiNCKs, B.A. 



[With a Plate.] 

 To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Gentlemen, 



In the present state of our knowledge respecting the reproduc- 

 tion of the Campanularian Zoophytes, it is not undesirable that 

 the observations of as many independent inquirers as possible 

 should be recorded, and material be thus accumulated, which 

 may aid the physiologist in his attempts to solve the many diffi- 

 cult questions connected with it. 



Every observer possessed of tolerable accuracy and patience, 

 and placed in favourable circumstances, may be able to con- 

 tribute some facts previously unnoted, or at least to afford 

 valuable confirmation of results already announced. 



Some of the reproductive phsenomena amongst the Campanu- 

 lariadce would seem to be of comparatively rare occurrence. It 

 is but seldom, perhaps, that one individual is privileged to wit- 

 ness the entire series, and his researches, however carefully con- 

 ducted, will require to be supplemented by those of others, who 

 have had the opportunity of reading a different chapter of the 

 wonderful history. 



The observations of Dalyell and Van Beneden would give us 

 an imperfect view of the subject, if unaccompanied by those of 

 Loven and others. It is through the cooperation of many na- 

 turalists, carrying on their investigations at different seasons and 

 under different local circumstances, that we must hope to arrive 



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