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feveral fmall anemonies, which at firft adhere together^, 
and in time are feparated by the little contradlion I have 
already mentioned; but if they happen to remain con- 
nected, they then produce lingular forms and often 
monfters. Belides the anemony ahovementioned, the 
old one of this fpecies, which hath particularly unra- 
velled this myftery to me, was formed in the fliape of a 
Y,, having two perfeCt bodies, whereof the bafes, both 
perforated, adheredand communicated to the fame trunk 
of w hich I convinced my felf by obferving the food which 
defcended into the mahi trunk: neither did thefe two 
anemonies, thus connected,, ever appear to me to have 
different inclinations, as- is the cafe with thofe that are 
once feparated. Is it not reafonable therefore to fuppofe, 
tliat in this ftate of union, every want was common, and 
each had. its feparate defire of fatisfying.it;, and that, to^ 
keep up the habitual exercife of the animal functions in 
each, both were upon all occafions prompted to the per- 
formance: 
vent plufieurs petites ananones fe deyelopent clu meine lambeaiv de foite qu’elles 
font adherentes cntr’ elles. Pen a pen II s’y forme, comme je I’ai fait connoltre,. 
un petit etranglement. qul les fepave. Quelquefois auffi elles reftent unies : alors . 
il en relulte des fingularltes, ou meme des monftres. Outre celui que j’ai cite, 
I’anemone mere, de cette efpece, qui m’a devoile plus particulieremeut le fecret, 
etoit formee comme un Y, c’eft a dire qu’elle avoit deux corps parfaits dont les 
bafes (cependant percees) etoieut adherentes- a une meme tige, a laquelle ilscom- 
muniquoient, ce dont je me fuis-alTure, en obfervant la.nourriture qui defcendoif 
jufques dans le gros tronc : auffi ces deux anemones ainfi reunies ne m’ont-ellcs 
jamais paru avoir deux volontes comme celles qui ne le font pas. Chaque ane- 
mone n’avoit-elle done point dans celle-ci d’inclination particuliere a fatisfaire an 
befoincommun? n’etoit-elle point follicitec a fairs fes fonflions pour en entre- 
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