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the whole man as do the individuals of a colony of 

 coral polyps, or better of Siphonophora (p. 119), to the 



Fig. 2. Portion of colony of Bougainvillea fruticosa, magnified, 

 p, polyps; m, medusae; mb, medusa-buds. (From Lubbock, 

 after Allman.) 



whole colony. This conclusion becomes strengthened 

 when we find that there exist a great number of 



