146 ALONG THE FLORIDA REEF. 



Here was the Mhizostoma, a jelly-fish of richly 

 sculptured form, and many more ; some like 

 platters, broad and shallow ; others bell-like, 

 with long tentacles. Then there were the 

 smaller forms, the minute young in their many 

 shapes ; some the offspring of corals, which 

 would in turn deposit eggs that would attach 

 themselves to the bottom, and grow into coral- 

 secreting forms, which in turn would throw off 

 jelly-fishes, illustrating the wonders of alter- 

 nate generation. 



