POLYPES. 
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CHAPTER VII. 
Polyeifera (Polypes). 
Continued. 
^ H0 I s there, among the thousands that throng from our 
cities and towns to breathe the air of the coast and to gaze 
out on the boundless sea, that is not familiar with the 
Sea- Anemones ? And who is not eloquent in their praise ? 
Who has not admired the starry flowers, all instinct with 
life and sensation, that spread their beauteous petals 
beneath the crystal water?— the Anthea, with its snaky 
locks of satiny green, tipped with piuk ; the Thick-horned 
bunodes in the dark tide-pool, sheltered beneath over- 
arching tufts of crimson and purple weeds, as if, like the 
Modest violet, it would hide its charms, those pellucid 
ones of crimson and white, set in gorgeous array, of 
ex ^ ^ needs not to be ashamed ; the Daisy Sagartia, 
expanding its broad and flat circular disk, soberly hued 
SO r rie mai with an elegant fringe, over the edges of 
felt 6 nan ° w ^ ssure in the leprous rock ? Who has not 
sea-i a na t ur alist’s enthusiasm at seeing the 
Smooth 1 s tones studded with the plump, glossy, fruit-like, 
full n<i moncs (Actinia), their array of tentacles care- 
J P ac ed away within the body, waiting the return of 
