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fresh-water Polype which are incapable of reproducing the 

 whole organism when separated from it* 



But we must bid adieu to the Anemones for the present, 

 attractive as they are. These pages will have shown that 

 much yet remains to be done before a clear and positive ac- 

 count of their structure and functions can be written ; and 

 as they are just now " the rage/' we may hope that abun- 

 dant experience will issue in some satisfactory result. 



* I am infomied by Mr Bohn, of Essex Street, that, in the tank of one of his 

 customers, an Anthca spontaneously divided itself into two—" both mother 

 and child doing as well as can bo expected." Mr Beck also informs me that 

 ho has watched the process of self-division in the Anthea, beginning at the 

 base, and ending in the production of two perfect animals. 



