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6. The coenenchyma spicules are typically dumb-bell-shaped. The rind 
spicules always differ in form from the coenenchyma spicules and are 
Pgs hte RNGDDS te SENSE cunt Samim Net Anm non oe ete Sars stnienn tn mana Net eric cB 
The coenenchyma spicules include no typical dumb-bell-shaped forms, 
but double cylinders, spheres or disks. The rind spicules, if present, 
ivetade Wise Cee a Sa aaa betes, Fi, 
7. The rind spicules have a biscuit-like form. ........2:....00000025.c.cccecseee 8. 
The rind spicules are double spheres with short necks.......2.....00......000022.-..- 
A. globuliferum Klzgr. 
8. The twigs of the colony are small and round.......--.-.22.2.2...2..1e1---eeceeeeees 9. 
The twigs of the colony are large and fingerlike.............................---.--- 10. 
9. The twigs are close-set, flattened against one another and the colony 
-has a brainlike appearance...............-..-..-.- A. sphaerophorum (Ehrbg.). 
The twigs are somewhat higher and stand somewhat farther apart. 
A. digitulatum Kizgr. 
10. The coenenchyma spicules have*a short thick neck. 
A. pachyclados Klzgr. 
The coenenchyma spicules have a long neck and small thorns on either 
end ... A. brachyclados (Ehrbg.). 
11. Besides other spicules in the coenenchyma there are simple clubs.... 12. 
No: clubs in:-thé eneneh yng: 2 os Se a a, 15. 
12. The colony has a distinct stalk............. A. etheridgei Thoms. and Mack. 
Thd soletiy has-no distinet stalle. os. .2.2.2:85 3. ak ee Win 18. 
13. The coenenchyma spicules are, in addition to clubs, double spheres with 
slight constrictions. ; sate Cnc injec Diabcceeiads 14. 
The coenenchyma spicules consist only of double spheres or dumb-bell- 
like forms with deep constrictions. The rind spicules are club- 
BNA DOE ste: A. ceylonense May. 
14. The coenenchyma spicules include thorned spindles.... A. paessleri May. 
The coenenchyma spicules include no spindles................... . A. fallax n. n. 
15. The spicules are cylindrical with weak constrictions and slightly 
thorned ... A. equisetiforme n. n. 
The spicules are disklike or warted ovals........--................0-000++ swt: ol 
16. The disklike spicules are beset with inconspicuous warts. 
A. fauri Thoms. 
The disklike spicules are strongly warted................ A. valdiviae Kiikth. 
In der mir vorliegenden Ausbeute von den Philippinen fanden 
sich Exemplare folgender 3 Arten vor: Aleyonium pachyclados 
Kizgr., A. digitulatum Klzgr.; und A. equisetiforme n. n., deren 
Beschreibung ich anbei folgen lasse. 
Aleyonium pachyclados Klunzinger. Tafel 1, Fig. 1. 
Aleyonium pachyclados KLUNZINGER, Korallt. d. Rot. Meer. 1 (1877) 
24, t. 1. f. 5; May, Jena. Z. 33 (1899) 106, t. 1, f. 13; I. L. 
HILEs, Stolonifera and Alcyonacea, Willey, Zool. Results pt. 4 
(1900) 503; Hickson, Aleyonaria and Hydrocorallia of the Cape 
of Good Hope (1900) 72; Pratt, Alcyonaria of the Maldives, pt. 2 
(1903) 534; Rep. Pearl Oyster Fisheries Manaar 19 (1905) 258; 
THOMSON. und HENDERSON, Alcyonarians from Sansibar (1906) 
416; CoHN, Alcyonarien von Madagask. u. Ostafrika 2 (1908) 235; 
