SNAKE-LOCKED ANEMONE. - Simartia viduata. (Open.) SXAKE-LOCKKU ANEMONE. tiagdrtiu vitlviita (Closed.) 



PLUMOSE ANEMONE. Actinottba dianthus. 



BEADLET. Actinia mesemliryanthemiim. 

 GEM-PIMPLET. Bwiddet gemmdcta. (Open.) GEM-I'IMPLET. BunMen (jcmnuhm. (Closed.) 



the varieties, the first is, in my eyes, the most beautiful. It is capable of much 

 alteration in its general form, shrinking to a mere shapeless fleshy mass, and looking by 

 no means a pleasing object ; expanding itself to the fullest extent, or forming itself into 

 many shapes, according to the caprice of the moment. 



Fortunately for the owners of aquaria, the Plumose Anemone is hardy, and bears 

 captivity well. It often separates itself into several parts, each of which becomes an 

 independent being, and in some stages of this process looks as if two individuals had 

 become fused together. 



THE pretty SNAKE-LOCKED ANEMONE may be recognised by the long, slender stem, 

 and the flexible, indistinctly-barred tentacles, with a dark line running down each side. 



It is found in many parts of the British shore, seeming to be rather local, but tolerably 

 plentiful in the spots which it chooses for its residence. Though not adorned with brilliant 

 colours, it is a remarkably pretty species, with its crown of delicate tentacles waving 

 " like'a thin blue cloud " upon the summit of its elongated stem. One of these Anemones 

 has been known to produce some curious changes in its tentacles, at one time thickening 

 them into knobs, and at another throwing out branches. 



The widely-spread Anemone, with the circlet of pearl-like beads at the base of its 

 tentacles, is the well-known BEADLET, the most common of all this order on the 

 British coast. 



It is a singularly hardy species, living mostly on the rocks that lie between high and 

 low-water mark, and in some places collecting in extraordinary numbers. I remember 

 on one occasion, after meeting a party of unsuccessful anemone-hunters, I filled their 



