. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. APLIDIUM FK'l'S. 25 A specimen was procured by Ellis from the fisher- men at Whitstable, from which place we have also received one from a friend. Ours is strongly lobed, and measures four and a half inches across. [Ellis says that the species "borrows the name of the sea-fig among the fishermen," because " the inside is full of little oblong yellow ; It is, however, very varied in external form, sometimes greatly resem- bling a fig, a name which would scarcely have been so generally applied t
. The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph. Sea squirts; Tunicata. APLIDIUM FK'l'S. 25 A specimen was procured by Ellis from the fisher- men at Whitstable, from which place we have also received one from a friend. Ours is strongly lobed, and measures four and a half inches across. [Ellis says that the species "borrows the name of the sea-fig among the fishermen," because " the inside is full of little oblong yellow ; It is, however, very varied in external form, sometimes greatly resem- bling a fig, a name which would scarcely have been so generally applied to it from its appearance when cut open. Besides being the " Sea-fig " of England, it is the " Figue de mer" of France, the " Fico di mare" of. y^5M©*Sfc c 4®!«^ FIG. 98.—Aplidium ficus. Magnified. (After Ellis, loc. cit.) B, sec- tion through part of the colony ; C, face view of part of the colony ; D, a single individual. Italy, the " Higo de mer' of Spain, the " Figo de mer" of Portugal, the " Seefeige ' of Germany, the " Zeevyg " of Holland, the " Soefigenet" of Denmark, and the " Sjofikon" of Sweden. The following references by earlier naturalists than John Ellis probably pertain to Aplidium ficus:— Halcyonium quintnin. Dioscorides : ' Medica materia' (1478), lib. V, cap. 90. Pulmo marinas alter. Rondelet : ' Insectis et Zoopliytis' (1555), p. 132. Alcyonium tuLerosum in for)ml di fico, frutto. Imperati : ' Hist. Nat/ (1599), p. 637, fig. p. 641.' Alcyonium tnberosum. Bauhin : ' Hist, plant, univ.' (1651), III, p. 817, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alder, Joshua, 1792-1867; Hancock, Albany, 1806-1873; Hopkinson, John, 1844-1919; Norman, Alfred Merle, 1831-1918; Embleton, Dennis, 1810-1900. Londo
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