A Manual of the Sea-anemones Commonly Found on the English CoastJohn Van Voorst, 1856 - 123 Seiten |
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... genus indicated by the title - page . They are not , therefore , addressed to professed naturalists , but to that section of amateur ramblers about our English coasts who take a pleasure in noticing every form of beauty which they may ...
... genus indicated by the title - page . They are not , therefore , addressed to professed naturalists , but to that section of amateur ramblers about our English coasts who take a pleasure in noticing every form of beauty which they may ...
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... captivity , yet in a state of natural health and beauty . I do not mean to speak of every indi- vidual of the genus , but chiefly of those which are more generally found on our shores , and I have B 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
... captivity , yet in a state of natural health and beauty . I do not mean to speak of every indi- vidual of the genus , but chiefly of those which are more generally found on our shores , and I have B 2 INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... genus , and includes both kinds under the name of crassicornis , or thick - horned . " I have ventured to preserve Professor Johnston's original nomenclature , and have called the species which is so abundant on our coasts A. coriacea ...
... genus , and includes both kinds under the name of crassicornis , or thick - horned . " I have ventured to preserve Professor Johnston's original nomenclature , and have called the species which is so abundant on our coasts A. coriacea ...
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... GENUS ? " " A genus , " says Professor Balfour , " is an assem- blage of nearly related species , agreeing with one another in general structure and appearance more closely than they accord with any other species . " Now Mr. Gosse ...
... GENUS ? " " A genus , " says Professor Balfour , " is an assem- blage of nearly related species , agreeing with one another in general structure and appearance more closely than they accord with any other species . " Now Mr. Gosse ...
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... genus corresponds with Group I. as given above . By " missile filaments " are meant the white threads which the " daisy " and his allies send out on provocation . By " warts " those perforated erect tubercles which stand out from the ...
... genus corresponds with Group I. as given above . By " missile filaments " are meant the white threads which the " daisy " and his allies send out on provocation . By " warts " those perforated erect tubercles which stand out from the ...
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Actinia bellis Actinia coriacea Actinia mesembryanthemum aerating anguicoma animalcules animals Anthea cereus anthos aurora base beads beautiful Bunodes Chapter Charybdis chisel Chromolith clavata colour common coral Cornwall crabs crowbar daisy diameter dianthus duated ECHINODERMS flower fragacea G. H. Lewes gemmacea genera genus glass Glaucous Gosse's Greek green habits hard words Helianthoids Hydra Ilfracombe inches John Van Voorst Latin lines living Lundy margaritifera margin means mollusc mones Morte-stone Natural History naturalist nivea North Devon objects observation oral disc orange organic bodies ovaries oxygen parasitica plants PLATE polyps possessing Radiates Rat Island reader receptacle ring rocks rosea round Sagartia sea-anemone sea-water sea-weed skin snowy soft species specific name specimens spike-cases stones Strawberry Anemone streaked sunflower-shaped tacles tank Tenby tentacles thallia thick-skinned tide troglodytes true zoophyte tubercles variety vegetable venusta Voorst warts Warts arranged Weymouth whilst white threads
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Seite 40 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...
Seite 40 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Seite 89 - This is an assemblage of nearly related species, agreeing with one another in general structure and appearance more closely than they accord with other species. Thus the genus Rosa or rose includes plants which are obviously allied as regards their general character, their flower, and their fruit.
Seite 93 - No classification can be made unless the meaning of the • term species is defined. By species, then, are meant so many individuals as are presumed to have been formed at the creation of the world, and to have been perpetuated ever since.
Seite 87 - Exegi monumentum aere perennius regalique situ pyramidum altius, quod non imber edax, non Aquila impotens possit diruere aut innumerabilis annorum series et fuga temporum.
Seite 26 - ... an old ivory paper-knife, and a small net made by twisting a piece of strong wire into the shape of a circle with a tail to it, and fastening a bag of muslin round the edge of the ring. As to the hammer and chisel, these are indispensable. A great number of the...
Seite 54 - Disc flat, two or three times as broad as the body when the latter is at all lengthened. Tentacles very numerous, small and crowded horizontally on the outer edge of the disc.
Seite 70 - Common table-salt . . 3j ounces. Epsom salts .... J ounce. Chloride of magnesium 200 grains"!