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main connected, but that the greateft number feparate 
by contractions. 4-thly, That among thofe which remain 
connected there are fome which grow to the largeft fize, 
fuch as the monftrous anemony mentioned in my fecond 
effay, in which three individuals had been blended toge- 
ther; and another of a fmaller lize in the fiiape of a Y (l * t 
reprefented in the plate of the fame elfay, which before 
my own eyes produced a young anemony, by tearing a 
fmall fhrecl from the bafe of its coat. 
What do we then perceive in thefe flireds? Nothing 
hitherto but a membrane which was before part of the 
bafe of the great anemony, a mere Ikin which was part of 
(b) This fpecies, which is fo fertile in monftruohties, has alio prefented ine 
with one which had two bodies on one bafe. Of the firft fpecies I have as yet 
feen but one monfter, which on the contrary had two bafes and only one body. 
I faw it at its birth. 
its 
quoique le plus grand nombre ie fepare par etranglement; 4 0 , que parmi cedes 
qui reftent unies, il y en a qui deviennentde la plus belle groffeur, com me l’ane- 
mone monftrueufe dout j’ai parle dans inon fecond memoire, dans laquelle trois 
individus etoient confondus, et une autre moins groffeen forme d’Y (b), repre^ 
fentee dans la p’anche du merae memoire, qui produifit devant moi une petite 
anemone en dichirant un lambeau du bord de fa bafe. 
Qu’appenpit-on done dans l’un de ces lambeaux ? Tufqu’ici je n’y ai vu qu’une 
membrane qui faifoit auparavant partie de la bafe de la grande anemone, une 
'(b) Cette efpece feconde en monftruofite m’en a encore offert une qui a deux corps fur une 
merae bafe. Je n’ai jamais eu qu’un monftre de la premiere efpece, il avoit au contraire deux 
bafes et un feul corps. Je l’avois vu naitre. 
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