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^ ejects its yoimg ! In short, the reproductive organs, the eggs, and 
the larvae, are all connected with the tentacles or arms. In the month 
°f September the eggs ar# fecundated, and the larvae or embryos de- 
v eloped. As Fredol says in “ La Monde de la Mer,” “ these animals bear 
their young, not upon their arms, but in their arms. The larvae 
generally pass from the tentacula into the stomach, and are afterwards 
ejected from the mouth along with the rejecta of their food — a most 
Angular formation, in which the stomach breathes, and the mouth 
Sei 'ves the purposes of accouchement— facts which it would be difficult 
1° believe on other than the most positive evidence.” 
11 The Daisy-like Anemones ( Sagartia belli a — Gosse), in the Zoo- 
lo gical Gardens of Paris,” says Fredol, “ frequently throw up little 
e nd)ryos, which are dispersed, and attach themselves to various parts of 
aquarium, and finally become miniature anemones exactly like the 
I )ar ent. An actinia which had taken a very copious repast ejected a 
Portion of it about twenty-four hours later, and in the middle of the 
e Jccted food were found thirty-eight young individuals.” According 
Lalyell^ an accouchement is here a fit of indigestion. 
The lower class of animals have, in fact, as the general basis of 
their 
organization, a sac with a single opening, which is applied, as 
v '° have seen, to a great variety of uses. It receives and rejects; it 
^allows and it vomits. The vomiting becomes necessary and habi- 
tual the normal condition, in short, of the animal — and is perhaps 
a source of pleasure to it, for it is not a malady, but a function, and 
eve n a function multiplied. In the sea anemone it expels the excre- 
eD T and lays its eggs ; in others, as we have seen, it even serves 
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6 said to enjoy their regular and periodical vomit. 
purposes of respiration ; so that the animal flowers may probably 
The sea anemones multiply their species in another manner. On 
e e dge of their base certain bud-like excrescences may often bo ob- 
Sei 'Ved. These buds are by and by transformed into embryos, which 
G a ch themselves from the mother, and soon become individuals in 
respects resembling her. This mode of reproduction greatly re- 
Sei uhles some of the vegetative processes. Another and very singular 
^°de of reproduction has been noted by Mr. Hogg in the case of 
^ inia oeillet. Wishing to detach this anemone from the aquarium, 
ls gentleman used every effort to effect his purpose; but only 
Proceeded, after violent .exertions, in tearing the lower part of the 
