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6) The main root and the adventitious roots of Aglao- 

 phenia, when they do not come in contact with the surface of 

 solid bodies, bend downward and continue to grow in this 

 direction; while the stems bend upward, grow toward the 

 zenith, and arise from the upper surface of a horizontally 

 growing root. 



V. The following phenomena are of importance in the 

 general physiology of animal growth : 



1. For the growth of the tentacles of Cerianthus, as for 

 the growth of plant tissues, it is absolutely necessary that 

 the hydrostatic pressure in the cells of the organ exceeds a 

 certain amount (that the organ is turgescent). 



2. The growth of the roots of Aglaophenia, Sertularia, 

 and other Hydrozoa occurs only in a small region near the 

 tip of the roots as is the case in the analogous plant tissues. 



3. When the roots of Aglaophenia, Gronothyrsea, Plumu- 

 laria, and Sertularia become attached to solid bodies, they 

 grow in length much more rapidly, and their absolute growth 

 is much greater than when they are surrounded on all sides 

 by water. This has already been demonstrated by Dalyell 

 in other Hydrozoa. 



VI. Of the special results the following only may be 

 mentioned: If a transverse incision is made into the body- 

 wall of Cerianthus near the oral plate, only those tentacles 

 situated above the cut lose their turgidity, while the remain- 

 ing tentacles retain theirs. The turgidity can therefore not 

 depend upon a contraction of the body-wall which forces 

 water into the tentacles. 



