. The popular natural history . Zoology. S86 CORALS, colour than any other parts of the animal, being almost invariably a rich , jusi like a set of turquoiies placed arouno the disc. These, however, are occasiunally subject lo , and lose all colour, looking like pearls ratlier tnan turquoises. Leaving ihe s^a-anemones, we now proceed to the tribe, the Caro- phylliacete, in which there are many tentacles, m two or more series, and the cells many-rayed. Many of these beings deposit a coralkim ; but out of our HiitisU species, more tnan one-third are wiihout tiiis rliajky support
. The popular natural history . Zoology. S86 CORALS, colour than any other parts of the animal, being almost invariably a rich , jusi like a set of turquoiies placed arouno the disc. These, however, are occasiunally subject lo , and lose all colour, looking like pearls ratlier tnan turquoises. Leaving ihe s^a-anemones, we now proceed to the tribe, the Caro- phylliacete, in which there are many tentacles, m two or more series, and the cells many-rayed. Many of these beings deposit a coralkim ; but out of our HiitisU species, more tnan one-third are wiihout tiiis rliajky support. Tlie Endive CuHAL is so called from the resemblance widch its corallum bears to tlie crumpled leaves of that vegetable. '1 he animal lias no tentacles, and the cells are small, coniijal, and ratner oblique. Ihe corallum is fixed, sharply ed,'ed, and expanded from the base to the tip All the living members of this pretty genus are to be found in the East and West Indian seas. The three figures which occupy the left hand of the illustration represent. DEVONSHIRE —[CaroMvUia St'iWi.) (With side bulls.) TUiT coral.—[Lof-fiothiVap^oUfera.) DEVONSHTRE cup-coRAi. — (and skeleton.) endive-cokal.—(Aw/ZyA'a/awma.)- one of our few native Corals, shown under three aspects. The large, rounded figure in the lower corner exhibits the Ukvonshirf, Cup Coral as it appears when the tentacles are fully expanded ; that to the right shows the dead stony corallum of the same species, and the upper figure is given for the purpose of the curious manner in which it multiplies itself by throwing off buds from its sides. It is not a very large, but it is a very pretty species, the colour of the corallum being aenerally pure translucent white, sometimes tinged with a delicate rosy hue, while that of the living animal is pearly white, variegated with rich chestnut and the palest imagin- able Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may
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