In another experiment a bud was split in two lengthwise, and the cut was extended so that the body of the parent was separated into two pieces. Twenty-four hours later it was found that each half-bud had closed in, and was much larger than when first cut. The half-bud, that was attached to the posterior end of the anterior piece, was constricting at its base, and subsequently it separated at its point of attachment. The other half of the bud, that had been left attached to the anterior end of the posterior piece, had swung around, so that its long axis corresponded to that of the posterior, parental piece. At first a slight constriction indicated the line of union of the two, but later this disappeared and a single hydra resulted. Whether the difference in the fate of the two half-buds is connected with their different polar relations to the parts of the parent, or is due to some other difference in the absorbing power of the anterior and posterior pieces, is not known. [Illustration: FIG. 49.--After Peebles. _A._ Grafting in _Tubularia mesenbryanthemum_. A small piece of the stock taken from the region near the base, and grafted in a reversed direction on the oral end of a long piece. _B._ Same with distal tentacles in small piece, and proximal tentacles in large piece (modified from Peebles). _C._ Same. Formation of hydranth (original). _D._ Like _A_. Both pieces produce hydranths. _E._ Protrusion of hydranths of last. _F._ Piece of oral end cut off, turned around and grafted on oral end of long piece. A single hydranth produced. Distal tentacle from both components. _G_. A short piece from distal (oral) end of long piece cut off, and grafted by its proximal end to proximal end of the same long piece.]