68 -Abbe dicquemare’s 'Third EJfay 
vour it; It appedred to me, that more of the membrana- 
ceous particles came off from the flireds which had been 
clipped of a larger fize, than from thofe which had been 
naturally torn from the anemony ; but as I have not had 
occafion to obferve many of the latter, this difference 
may be owing merely to the different fizes of the fhreds. 
Another circumftance I obferved in the pieces that 
were naturally torn off is, that there are fomc which 
produce feveral anemonies, which fometimes remain 
^united, and at other times feparate. I have myfelf fre- 
quently feen this operation. One of the flireds I had clip- 
ped was of an irregular fliape, nearly as in fig. 5. A little 
contraction was foon formed between the two extremities, 
both of which became round, fwelled and affumed the ap- 
pearance of two drops of tallow ; the contra&ion became 
like 
ces efpeces de pellicules des morceaux coupes un peu gros, que de ceux arrache's 
naturellement par l’anemone meme ; mais comme je n’ai eu occafion d’obferver 
qu’un petit nombre de ceux-ci, il pourroit arriver que cette difference ne feroit 
diiequ’au plus oumoins d’etendiie du lambeau. 
Une autre remarque que j’avois deja faite dans les morceaux fepares natu- 
rellement eft, qu’il s’en trouve quelques uns d’ou naiffent plufieurs anemones, 
entre les quelles il y en a qui reftent unies, tandis que d’autres fe fe'parent. Cette 
operation, s’eft repetee fous mes yeux. Un lambeau que j’avois coupe avoit a peu 
pres la forme que reprefente la figure 5, 11 fe forma un petit etranglement 
sntre l’un et l’autre de fes bouts; chaque boutprit une figure ronde, et leur fur- 
face fupericure s’elevoit en goute de fuif : 1’etranglement devint comme un 
