Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · London : John Churchill · leaf 554
rent, but at last thecommunication iscut-off by the clo-sure of the canal ofthe foot-stalk, andthe young Polypequits its attachmentand goes in questof its own mainte-nance. A second ge-neration of buds issometimes observedontheyoungPolype,before quitting itsparent; and as manyas nineteen… … Hydra fusca in gemmation; a, mouth;c, origin of one of the buds. 532 ZOOPHYTES. whicli one portion possesses of reproducing the rest. Intowhatever number of parts a Hydra may be divided, eachmay retain its vitality, and give origin to a new and entirefabric; so that thirty or forty individuals may…
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