ACTINIA. 



6. Aftinia After. Sea S(ar ^ r ™' tb a f™° th 



Jtem. 



A&inia Jlirpe crajfa, This animal flower has a 



carnofciy fubcylindrica^ thick, flefhy, fmooth and al- 

 Iteviy truncata, tentacu- moft cylindrical ftem, ending 

 lis radiata. abruptly at the top, which is 



furnifhed with circular rows of 



tentacles. 



ASiinia After. Ellis Phil. Tranf. Vol. 5*7. pag. 436. 

 tab. 19. fig. 3. 



This was fent by John Greg, Efq. from the ceded 

 Iflands in the Weft Indies, to the Earl of Hilllborough. 



7. Adtinia Anemone. Sea Anemone. 



Actinia carnofa com- This animal flower is of a^ 

 planata % difco fubhexa- roundiflicomprefled form, with 

 gono tentaculis plurimis a difk inclining to fix angles, 

 ctnElo. furrounded by many rows of 



tentacles. 



ASiinia Anemone. Ellis Phil. Tranf. Vol. 57, pag. 436. 

 tab. 19. fig. 4. 5. 



This was likewife fent from the Weft Indies to the 

 Earl of Hillfborough by J. Greg, Efq. 



8. Actinia Helianthus. Sea Sun-flower. 



Actinia carnofa com- This animal flower is fhaped 



plan at a hypo crater if or- like a falver, of a flat round 



mii) difco rotundo tenta- form, furrounded by a very 



culis plurimis prcedito. great number of tentacles. 



Atlinia Helianthus. Ellis Phil. Tranf. Vol. $y. p. 436. 

 tab, 19. fig. 6. 7. 



The 



