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like a thread (fig, 6.), On the 24th of January, the 
larged: piece (for they were of very unequal fizes) crept 
up a little way on the fide of the vafe; and on the 28th, 
the thread broke, when the two fragments became two 
diftinct anemonies. Doth this imply that there were two 
germs in the Hired: Or may one Angle Hired, without 
any bulb, germ, or egg whatever, produce one or more 
anemonies either connected or feparate ? Thefe are ques- 
tions I am not yet able to folve, and I with I were the only 
one thus uninformed. But to return ; the following fadts, 
of which I have, frequently been, eye-witnefs, mufi now 
be admitted. 1 ft, That the anemonies of this fpecies 
are multiplied by flireds, both naturally and artificially. 
2dly, That thefe flireds produce fometimes only one, and 
at other times feveral anemonies. 3dly, That among 
thefe young anemonies formed by one Hired, feveral re- 
main 
filet, figure 6; Le 24 Janvier, la plus groffepartie (car elles etoient fort inegales) . 
monta un peu aux parois du vafe; le 28 le filet s’e ft rompu, et ces deux parties 
font deveniies deux petites anemones. Y auroit il done eudeux germesdansce mor- 
ceau ? ou bien peut-il d’un fimple lambeau fans bulbe, fans germe, fans oeuf 
quelconque, naitre une ou pluGeurs anemones, unies ou feparees ? C’eft ce que je 
ne f^ais pas encore, etje voudrois etre le feulqui fignorat. Revenons done a cette _• 
fource feconde. D’abord on doit regarder comme des faits certains, dontj’ai ete 
temoin plufieurs fois, i°, que les anemones de cette efpece fe multiplient 
naturellement et artificiellement par des lambeaux ; 2°, que ces lambeaux 
deviennent fouvent une, quelquefois plufieurs anemones ; 3 0 , que de. ces 
petites anemones, formees d’un meme lambeau, plufieurs reftent unies entre elles 
q-uoique 
