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mafs, which feparated from it; but its quantity was fo 
fmall, that I could not thence infer the lofs of any par- 
ticle of the fhred, and rather imagined that this matter 
was merely the effect of forne fecretions or extravafated 
humour- 
What ft ill leaves me a doubt concerning the germ is*, 
that this effect has been more confiderable in fome of my 
experiments than in others. Had the fragment of the 
anemony contained a germ, it might be concluded that 
the membrane which covered it fhould have perilhed as 
foon as the animal was formed ; this however was not 
fufficiently evident in feveral cafes, and efpecially in thofe 
where the fragment had been naturally torn off. At firft 
the fhred was thin, and thinner ft ill before it was fepa- 
rated from the old anemony ; and no bulb could ever be 
perceived either then or in the fequel. I was then led to 
imagine. 
fubltances un peu jaunatres, autour de la petite maiTe, qui en ont ete feparees 5 
mais elles etoient en li petite quantite, que je n’ai pu en conclure qu’il eut peri- 
quelque chofe du lambeau, cette fubftance etoit peut- etre due a des fecretions on 
a quelque humeur extravafee. 
Ce qui me laiffe encore un doute reel, c’efl: que cet efFet a ete plus fenlible dans 
quelques unes de mes experiences. Si cette portion d’anemone eut contenu un 
germe, n’eft-on pas porte a penfer que les membranes qui Penvelopent auroient 
peri lors de fon developement. C’ell ce qu'on ne remarque pas d’une maniere 
alfez fenlible dans plulieurs, et furtout dans ceux qui fe dechirent naturellement. 
D’abord le petit lambeau etoit mince et, avant qu’il fut fepare de Panemone, je Pai. 
c>bferve pendant plulieurs jours ; il etoit plus mince encore : je n’y voyois nulle- 
apparence 
