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N* 27. Actinia verrucosa. Pennant’s Brit. Zool., vol. 4, 
49. A. monile, ( young) Templeton in Mag. Nat. Hist., 
V °h 9, p. 303. Hydra geinmacea, Stewart’s Elein., vol. 2, 
^•451. A. senilis, Flem. Brit. An., p. 498. 
There are four varieties of this species, which it will be 
Pessary to notice : 
> Tirst. Body warty; the warts large in vertical rows. 
f ydra gemmacea. Stew. Elem.. vol,* 2, p. 451. Actinia 
^ e, ntnacea, Ellis and Solander’s Zoopb., p. 3. Turton’s Lin., 
°h 4, p. 104. Actinia verrucosa, Pennant’s Brit. Zool., 
ol -4, p. 49, 
• Second. Body warty ; warts equal, distinct, and scattered 
rr r e gularly. Templeton in Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 303. 
. Third. Body warty ; warts small, obscure, and distant. 
c dnia equina, Pennant’s Brit. Zool., vol. 4, p. — . 
Fourth. Body smooth, clouded with scarlet; lentacula 
>th red and white. Actinia crassicomis, Tnrton’s Lin., 
■j?T 4, p. 100. Stewart’s Elem., vol, 1, p. 393. A. truncata, 
Eton’s Lin., vol. 4, p. 101. 
p ®«6. In pools on stones, near low water mark; West 
p 0ttl he, Lansallos, Chapel Hill, Whitsand bay, Goran, &c. 
v r °*o deep water, on shells and stones. Common ; and is 
JJ'y commonly left dry by the receding tide; these are very 
be rcular and covered with fragments of stones. 
^ Thi s is amongst the largest and most gaudy of the British 
| and from the great difference in the nature of the 
v c »lities in which it is found, it is liable to a great many 
4 jT la tions in colour and appearance. It is most commonly 
^ 0,1 1 two inches, or two inches and half in diameter, but 
s P e cimen, when fully expanded, measured six inches 
^,. a half across the oral disc; this was procured from deep 
of 4ter > but it is most commonly smaller. It is generally 
r ed colour, but is not unfrequently striped with yellow, 
\J®» a nd sap green ; the surface is most commonly studded 
#r l h tubercles, which in different individuals arc differently 
j t) i n ged. In some the tubercles are large and arranged 
»t, 0 °Agitudinal bead-like rows; these are found near the 
V res a “d in the neighbourhood of sandy soils. In others, 
tj tubercles are smaller and without any regular distribu- 
te' atl< ^ sonle they may be said almost to have dis- 
aret ** These tubercles are always of a lighter colour 
O the surrounding parts, and have very frequently ad- 
th 6 ln§ . to them, fragments of shells and stones, by which 
it j s at ? lnial conceals itself from view. In a contracted state 
W* emis Pherical or conoidal, with a broad base and a low 
e d apex ; in an expanded state it is shortly columnar, 
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