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Sea. It is fometimes green or blackifh by Conferva froth, or other fubftances 
{ticking to it. 
This Coralline was very plentifully thrown on the Sea Banks every where 
upon this Ifland. 
Tah.20. Fig, 2. Shews it both in its natural bignefs and magnify’d. 
XVII. Corallina major, nervo craffori fuciformi, internodia breviora neétente. 
Cat. p. 4. Tab. 20. Fig. 3+ Corallina fifhulofa Famaicenfis, candida cum interno- 
dits Lreviffimis & quaft filo trajectis noftratibus, White Bead Bandftring aida, 
Plukenet, Almag.p. 118. | 
This was very like our Exglifh or Shop Coralline, enly larger, and the’ 
joints much fhorter, appearing fomcthing like old fafhion’d Bandftrings, it 
was longer likewife than it, and not fo brittle, faltifh and fmelling of the 
Sea. It has a String as big as a coarfe Thread in its Center, of the fame 
fubftance with the fuci, being of a yellowifh Colour, roundifh, fometimes 
plain, fometimes curled. Properly {peaking, thefe Corallines are rather 
incruftations by a Coralline Matter, than any thing elfe, this being a 
White Coralline, roundifh, with fhort Zones, like {mall Beads ftrung on 
a nerve 
It is thrown on the Banks of the Sea by the Palifadoes near Port-Royal. 
Tab.20. Fiz.3. Shews it in its natural bignefS, and magnifi'd. 
XVUI. Corallina nervo tenuiori, fragiliorique internodia longiora neéfente, 
Cat. p. 4. Fab. 20. Fiz.4. - iM ee : 
This has a great many Stalks and Branches coming from the fame fpongy 
Root, fticking to the Stones in the ‘bottom of the Sea, they are of the 
bignef$ of Shop Coralline, and about two Inches long, {pread on every 
hand, and made up of feveral long joints, beiag white, ‘police, brittle, 
faltifh, and {melling of the Sea, different from our Shop Coralline, in that the 
joints are much longer, and that it has within it-a brittle Thread, on which 
the joints are ftrung like Beads. ae 
‘ft grows with the former. | 
In Zab. 20. Fig. 4. It is figured in its due bignels, and magnifrd. 
XIX. Corallina minima capillacea. Cat. p. 4. Tab.r0. Fig. 5. An Coraline 
foffilis capitlaris. Lnid. lithophyl. Brit. p.7 ? , | Va 
~ This-was ‘the leaft of ‘all-the Corallines I here met with, it was about two 
Inches long; having Brétichés and -“Fwigs in very great pleary,; ‘being net 
ordinarify jointed to appearance, ‘for the moft part finooth, very white, nobige 
ger thanthe Hair of ones Head, if fo-big, fmellinp ftrong of the Sea, and 
crackling under ones Tecth, asthe others of ehis Kind. : Sometimes: this is 
jointed. oe = | _ 
~ Tt was thrown up with the other-Corallities ot feveral Banks of .the Sea 
round this Ifland. aot 5 St aie Ss ae 
Tab, 20. Fig. 5. It is reprefented-in ‘its due bignefs, and mapnifi'd. 
XX. Fucus marinus veficulas habens membraniw extantibus alatas. Cat. p.4. Lab 
ao Kir. 6." 3 Shy A Sees Inn Fy Je 
This his:a dark déléured, towgh; roundith, crooked Stem, abour' vihie 
Inches high; “having’many crooked’ ¥wigs very thick fer, with Bladders fill 
of Air “The Bladdersthemfelves are roundifh, or rather Triangular, “having 
an extant: folizceous’ mémbrane at top incircling it, and three’ other extahe 
ute underneath, making it look Triangular, or fomething OF the fhape of 
“Funnel; being pyratidal, and of a dark brown-Colour, or dlackifh when 
dty’d like’ Glew, {mefling {trong of the Sea; "and tafting fale like other Tach. 
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