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VORTICELLA POLYMORPHa, 
G@ENERIG CHARACTER. 
A Worm, capable of contraGting or a itfelf, naked, with | 
rotatory cilia. 
Many-fhaped Vorticella green, opaque. 
It is impoffible to defcribe the various forms thofe little Infe&ts can 
aflume ; and, from the microfcope, it is both doubtful and difficult to 
give’a correct figure of it, as the activity of its motions and changes 
frequently mifplace it from the verge of the focus. It is fcarcely per- 
ceptible to the naked eye, and is generally of a green colour. 
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VORTICELLA’ ROTATORIA. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
: Cyliladsieat Vorticella, with a litde foot projedting from the neck 5 3 
‘a long tail, fuirnifhed with four points. 
SE LTTE a i ee CE ERIN 
OF all the {pecies of minute Infects, this Vorticella feems to have 
engaged the attention of the curious moft, Baker has defcribed 
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