THE 



GREEN POLYPE, 



O R 



H Y D R A. 



Generic Character. 



Body long and tubular. 



Mouth furrounded by arms, or tentacula. 



Specific Character. 



POLYPE with about 8 or 10 arms, or tenta 

 cula. 



Sec with new life the wond'rous worm abound, 

 Rich from its lofs, and fruitful from its wound ! 



The various fpecies of Polype, or I fyclra, are jultly 

 ranked amongfl the moll wonderful productions of Na- 

 ture, o extraordinary are the particulars of their life 

 and mode of propagation, as well as their powers of 

 reproduction after being cut in pieces, that at their 

 firft difcovery the philofophic world was involved in 

 fcepticifm ; and the Hiftory of the animals did not 

 obtain complete credit, till experiments repeated by 

 the molt diligent and accurate Naturulills, and varied 



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