Class VI. WORMS. 49 



from 120 to aoo in number; color of the body 

 pale chefnut ; of the tentacula a fea-green, varied 

 with purple. 



Inhabits the rocks of the Cornijh and Anglefea 

 feas. 



Hydra calyciflora, tentaculis retra&ilibus variegatis corpore Pedunculate 

 verrucofo. Ibid, fig* 2. A. B. C. 37. Stalky. 



Ac. with a long cylindric ftalk, expanding at top, 

 and tuberculated. The tentacula difpofed in feveral 

 ranges, fhort, and when open, form a radiated 

 angular circumference, like a beautiful flower, 

 with a fmooth polygonal difc ; the color of the 

 ftalk, a fine red \ of the tentacula varied with feve- 

 ral colors. This fpecies is retractile. 

 Inhabits Cornwall. 



Hydra difciflora, tentaculis retra&ilibus fubdiaphanis ; Verrucofo 

 corpore cylindrico, miliaribus glandulis longitudinaliter 38. Stub- 

 flriato. Ibid. fig. 4. A. B. ded, 



Ac. with a long cylindric ftalk ; marked with 

 elegant fmall tubercles, difpofed in ftrait lines from 

 top to bottom j the circumference of the mouth 

 ftriated, furrounded with fhort petals, like thofe 

 of the fun-flower ; and thofe again with white ten- 

 tacula, barred with brown. When drawn in, it 

 aflumes the form of a bell ; and the lines of tu- 

 Yol, IV. E bercks 



