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CLASS VL 



VERMES. 



WORMS. 



Div. 1. INTESTINAL. 



GENUS I. ASCARIS. 

 Body slender, filiform, attenuated at each end. 



1. Vermicu- Ascaris. Lin. Syst. IO76. Gm. Lin, 302g. 



LARIS. 



enmcu ar, ^g^^ wi\h faint annular riigce ; thicker at one 

 end than the other ; mouth transverse. 



Inhabits, according to Linnaus, boggy places, 

 and under the roots of decayed plants ; found 

 in the rectum of children and horses ; often 

 observed in the dung of the last ; emaciates 

 children greatly ; is sometimes vomited up. 



Marina. Gm. Lin. 3035. Gordius marinus. Lin. Syst. 1075. 



Marine. 



Asc. filiform, twisted spirally and lying flat. 



