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whereas those of Sertularia are to be found on 

 each side equally, sometimes in pairs, sometimes 

 alternately, according to the species. When 

 dried, both these creatures retain their chief 

 characteristics, and if any of the sea-weed land- 

 scapes be examined, both Plumularia and Sertu- 

 laria will generally be found among the algag. 

 They are deHcate in constitution, and not easy 

 to keep in an aquarium, unless under singularly 

 favourable circumstances. 



There is another pretty, plant -resembling 

 zoophyte, found plentifully enough near low 

 water-mark, but at a rather higher elevation 

 than the preceding. This is known among 

 zoologists as Coryiie pusilla, and is chiefly re- 

 markable on account of the peculiarit}'' from 

 which it derives its name. " Coryne " is a 

 Greek word, signifying a club, or knobbed 

 stick, or more properly a mace, such as the 

 steel-headed, spike-armed weapons with which 

 our gentle ancestors were in the habit of exciting 

 the brains of their adversaries. 



The stalk of this zoophyte is about as thick as 

 ordinary sewing thread, and it clings to the sea- 

 weeds among which it resides as much as the 

 cotton in question would do. Even when seen 

 with the unassisted eye it is rather an elegant 



