THE 



ANEMONE ACTINIA. 



O R 



SEA ANEMONE. 



Generic Character. 



Body oblong, nearly cylindric, fixing itfelf by the 

 bafe, the top expanfile and tentaculated 

 within. 



Mouth terminal, furnifhed with crooked teeth. 

 No other Opening except that of the mouth. 



Specific Character. 



ACTINIA, of a nearly cylindric fhape, fhortifh, 

 with the interior tentacula ramified, the ex- 

 terior ones conic and obtufe, Colour red. 



When we take a view of the lower orders of Zoolo- 

 gy, we find a large and Angular fet of beings, which 

 are fo widely diftind from the other tribes of the ani- 

 mal world, that they feem almoft as nearly allied to 

 vegetables as to animals. Many of thefe curious pro- 

 ductions of Nature are arranged by Linnaeus under the 

 title of Mollufca ; which title is one of the fubdivifi- 

 ons of the Linmean tribe of Vermes. Of the various 



genera 



