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DESCKIPTION OF PLATE VI. 



THE FLOSCULARIA, OR FLOWER-SHAPED ANIMALCULE. 

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[T%e Figures highly magnified.'] 



Two individuals of the Elegant Floscularia, (Floscularia ornata), at- 

 tached, to a stem of Chara ; the natural size is from to of a line. 

 FIG. 1. The animalcule protruded from its transparent case. 



a, The jaws and teeth. 



b, The stomach, containing Monads, Naviculse, and other small 



polygastrian animalcules. 

 FIG. 2. A Floscularia, with the body wholly withdrawn into its case, the 



termination of the long cilia alone appearing externally, 

 e, An egg in the ovisac, containing a young one, in which 

 the red eyes may be discerned. 



