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is moft iifually carried on by eggs. But the reprodu6lion 
of very confiderable and the moil effential parts of my 
fea-anemonies convinces me, that there are wonders far - 
beyond any thing we can imagine, which make a part of 
the regular eftabliflied conrfe of things. The feclions of 
the fea-anemonies of thisfpecies differ in nothing from 
thofe of the former, except that I never yet obferved an 
upper half producing a new balls; the contrary never yet 
failed. The firft obfervation of any note, was made on 
the 1 6th of June 1 7 7 3, in the prefence of feven furgeons 
whom the lingular phsenomena of reproduction had in- 
duced to vilit my ffudy . The animals of this fpecies being 
very large, I only operated upon young ones, and on that 
day cut one that was not thicker than a goofe-quill. On 
the 30th the upper part was perfectly reltored, and the 
fold which is feen near the upper extremity of the body 
of this fpecies, appeared exaCtly like that I had cut off. 
By 
produiSlions cle parties effentielles et trts confiderables de mes anemones de iner 
m’obligent a croire, que les merveilles, qui font partie de I’ordre etabll, vont en- 
core plus loin que notre imagination. Les feftions operees fur cette efpece d’ane- 
mones de iner, ont donne a pcu pres les meines refultats qu’aux autres, ceft a dire, 
que coupees par la moitie du corps, elles ont repouffe une partie fuperieure ; cepen- 
dant je n’ai point encore obtenu de bafe aux parties fuperieures que j’en avois 
privees. La premiere operation notable fe fit le i6 Juin 1773, en prefence dc 
lept chirugiens que les plienomenes de la reproduflion avoient attires a mon cabinet. 
Comme cette efpece eft fortgroffe, je n’avolsopere que de jeunes individus; celui 
que je coupai alors n’etolt meme que de la groffeur d’une plume a ecrire. Le 30 
la partie fuperieure etoit totalement reproduite, et le pli qu’on voit vers I’extre- 
mlte fuperieure du corps dans cette efpece paroiffoit exadlement comme celui que 
j[’avois retranche. L’exercice m’ayant rendu plus adroit, je fuis parvenu a couper 
d’ua- 
