25. 
26. 
. Column with scattered tubercles 
. Polyp columnar, height 150 mm., greatest diameter 35 mm. ; 
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Column perforated by numerous pores through which water may be 
discharged . i é : : ; i š . Evactis 21 
Column not perforated by pores ‘ t 22 
. Polyp broad and low, diameter of oral disk 6o mm. ; tentacles in three 
series . ‘vactis artemisia (Dana) Ver., P. (Fig. 7) 
. Column surrounded at its middle by a band of egg pits Epiactis 23 
. Column without egg pits . 24 
Polyp ro mm. in height, diameter of aboral disk 12 mm. ; tentacles 
about ninety-six ; egg pits as many as thirty to forty, often contain- 
ing young, which then resemble buds s 
Epiactis prolifera Ver., P. (Fig. 8) 
: i à . 25 
. Column with tubercles in longitudinal rows — . : : . 
FiG. 10. 
Fic. 9. — Tealia crassicornis (Miill.) Gosse. After Andres. 
Fic. 10. — Bunodes stella Ver. After Verrill. 
Oral edge of column with marginal spherules . .  Phymactis 26 
Oral edge of column without marginal spherules — . . Tealia 27 
Polyp 50 mm. in height, diameter of oral disk 38 mm.; tentacles 
ninety-six, in four circles : 
Phymactis cavernata (Bosc) Andres, S., between tides 
Polyp 50 mm. in height, diameter of oral disk 120 mm. ; tentacles sig 
Tealia crassicornis (Miill.) Gosse, A., N., 16-40 fathoms (Fig. 9) 
. Tubercles forming rows on column from oral to aboral end . Bunodos 29 
. Tubercles limited to oral portion of column € Cos iae 
. Polyp 5o mm. in height, diameter of oral disk 35 mm. ; tentacles large: 
forty-eight to seventy-two — . S 
Bunodes stella Ver., N., tide pools (Fig. oe 
tentacles 
ninety-six, in four circles r 
Aulactinia capitata Ver., M., S., low wate 
