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ZOOPHITES, OR plant-animals. 
V '’■^'^onderful productions are so denominated on account 
If in the shape of plants. They are very 
■ • and the greater part of them have so great a re- 
gicaici piUL ui Luuiu nave so great a re- 
® vegetables, that they have generally been con- 
of although the horny and stony appearance of 
Aly tribe declares them, at first view, to be of r 
■7 d'ff ueciiues inem, at nrst view, to be 
b, I* ®’’vnt nature from the generality of plants. 
In 
softness of their substance, and the 
S''o'vth, would lead any one not 
& liav I their real nature, ( 
V *'^rd nature. t° suppose them vegetables. 
, It. . horny, or stony zoophites are in general known 
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t'^td corals ; and of these several distinctions are 
’ 'tiler from the structure and appearance of the 
Of from tlie affinity which the softer, or 
(1 Pan C ii_y wuieu me sorter, or 
g®""® among soft-bodied 
C^ite wo/fasca. The zoophites may be therefore said 
“ ^imal vegetable kingdoms, so as to fill up 
space. 
'■ ar'^^ zoophitic-worras, tlie fresh- water 
"'finitely curious. These animals may be found 
treams, and in stagnant waters, adhering to the 
ap • ^ *** waiciSj (tulldUl^ LU LUC 
"tL. '""tic plants, or to the under surfaces of the leaves. 
V 'Or f "i’Jficts. If a polype be cut in two parts, the 
y lieg j "'ill produce a new tail, and the inferior part 
'ii? Of "'■“s j ""fi ffi'". in warm weatlier, in tlie 
*VPorf cut into three pieces, the 
"on will produce both the head and tail ; and, v 
ffir, 1 . . It ... . _ ' • 
»''> tk. J „ ".V — cuiu will sou 10 
fills organs. The natural mode of propaga. 
may be cut in all directions, and will still ra 
^1’ i® fiy ®fioot® or offsets, in the manner of a 
.» ... 
A branches or shoots proceed from the 
i-y .1'® thai ?*^°PPi"S off when complete ; and it often 
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young branches produce others before 
^ drop oft from the parent; so that a polyp® 
I S ‘Otltirl . ”r iiuiij 1110 puiciiL; ou mil a ;iiiiy;,o 
with several of its descendants still adhering 
\ ^Itew' ^ constituting a real genealogical tree. The 
® tVof **®' during the autumnal season, deposits eggi, 
themsplviic nttiriirnritc iwfn iticfiruit Owinn.l. . 
