the sea-Marigold, 547 



able passion ; but, though they remained neighbours 

 for a great while afterward, they lived together very 

 peaceably *. 



THE SEA-MARIGOLD |. 



Mr. Hughes, in his Natural History of Barbadoes, 

 has given us a very minute account of this species, 

 several individuals of which were discovered in that 

 island some years ago. He calls it an animal flower, 

 and seems to consider it as a sensitive plant, having 

 many animal properties. 



" The cave that contained these animals was (he 

 says) near the bottom of a rocky cliff facing the sea, 

 in the north part of the island, in the parish of St. 

 Lucy. The descent to it was steep and dangerous, 

 being in some places almost perpendicular. The 

 cave contained a natural bason of water, about six- 

 teen feet long and twelve broad, in the middle of 

 which was a rock almost covered with them. 



" Round the sides of this, at different depths 

 under the water, seldom however more than 

 eighteen inches, were seen at all times of the year 

 seemingly fine radiated flowers of a pale yellow, or 

 a bright straw-colour, slightly tinged with green. — 

 These had the appearance of a circular border 

 of thick-set petals, about the size of and much re- 

 sembling those of the single garden marigold. 



/' I often attempted to pluck one of them 

 from the rock to which they are fixed, but could 



* Dicquemaire, in Phil. Tran. vol lxiii. p. 361, tab. ii. 

 + Actinia Calendula. Linn. 



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