Chapter III
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Sea Anemones.
'The living flower that, rooted to the rock, Late from the thinner element, Shrunk down within its purple stem to sleep, Now feels the water, and again Awakening, blossoms out All its green anther-necks.'
1 Sir J. G. Dalyell's celebrated ACTINIA (Drawn from Nature Jan. 1860.) 2 A. CRASSICORNIS 3 CAVE DWELLER (A. troglodytes)