...process, and to a single point in their mode of growth, upon which much of their importance in reef-making depends. d. Forms of Actinoid Zoophytes. — Zoophytes...polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufis of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are most exactly imitated. Many species spread...

...polyp. — Prof. Jos. D. Dana, Geology of the US Exploring Expedition. FORMS OF ACTINOID ZOOFHYTES. ZOOPHYTES imitate nearly every variety of vegetation....branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral a' ps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, i of pinks, and feathery mosses,...

...description of a sight so novel and beautiful, that it realises the glowing scenes of fairy tales : — " Zoophytes imitate nearly every variety of vegetation....branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polypes in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks and feathery mosses,...

...the following glowing description of their variety in the Pacific : — "Trees of coral," he says, " are well known, and although not emulating in size...feet in height — they are gracefully branched, and their whole surface blooms with coral polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes,...

...the following glowing description of their variety in the Pacific : — " Trees of coral," be says, " are well known, and although not emulating in size...feet in height — they are gracefully branched, and their whole surface blooms with coral polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes,...

...examination of the corals of the Pacific, thus writes of their diversities of form and character: — "Trees of coral are well known; and, although not...branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polypes in place of leaves and flowers. Shrubbery, turfts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses,...

...this descriptive and beautiful passage is adopted without even quotation marks or acknowledgment : " Trees of Coral are well known : and although not emulating...with Coral polyps in place of leaves and flowers. Shruberries, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses are most exactly imitated. Many species...

...order, are the " sea-fans," " sea-pens," " dead-man'shand," &c. Speaking of the class, M. Dana says that trees of coral are well known, and although not emulating...feet in height — they are gracefully branched, and their whole surface blooms while at the base the glove is closed by a flat surface of leather. If now,...

...examination of the corals of the Pacific, thus writes of their diversities of form and character :—" Trees of coral are well known ; and, although not...forests —for they do not exceed six or eight feet in height—they are gracefully branched, and the whole surface blooms with coral polypes in place of...

...other forms of organized life, more diminutive and more numerous. " Zoophytes," says Prof. Dana, " imitate nearly every variety of vegetation. Trees of coral are well known, from six to eight feet in height. Shrubbery, tufts of rushes, beds of pinks, and feathery mosses, are...