Evenings at the microscope : or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life (1884)
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888 · London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge · leaf 364
m of the column is in general that of the trunkof a tree, or that of a long cone; but there is a suddenconstriction just above the base, and another below thepoint, where what may be called the flower expands. Itis the petals of this latter which constitute the principalcharm of this creature. They… … POLYPES OF COW S PAP. origin, and quickly tapers to a point: on each of twoopposite sides, viz., those which look towards the twoadjoining tentacles, runs a row of delicately slenderfilaments, which at the middle part of the tentacle aremoderately long, but diminish regularly as they approacheither…
Zoology · Microscopy
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