82 EUDENDRIIDyE. 



Hab. Deep water, on shells, stones, &c. ; widely distri- 

 buted. It is found in Shetland, in the Clyde, and along 

 the eastern coast of Scotland and England; very abun- 

 dantly at Lythara, in Lancashire ; sparingly in Cornwall 

 (off the Deadman) : in Ireland (east coast). 



[Tromso and Hammerfaest in 30 fath. (Sars): Mediter- 

 ranean (Pallas).] 



2. E. RAMOSUM, Linnseus. 



SMALL RAMIFIED TUBULAR CORALLINE, Ellis, Corall. 31, pi. xvi.fig. ,?pl. xvii. 



figs, a, A. 

 TUBULARFA RAMosA, Linn. Syst. 1302; Lamk. An. sans Vert. (2nd eel.) ii. 



126 ; Lamx. Expos. Meth. 17. 

 (?) SERTULARIA RACEMOSA, Cavolini. 

 TUBULARIA TBICHOIDES, Pallas, Elencb. 84. 

 Ei'DENDRiuM RAMOSUM, Elirenberg, Corall. roth. Meer. 72 ; Johnst. B. Z. 40, 



pi. vi. figs. 1, 2, 3. 



Plate XIII. 



ZOOPHYTE pinnately branched; MAIN STEMS consisting of a 

 single tube, long and slender, straight, of a chest nut- 

 brown colour, smooth, or with ringed spaces irregularly 

 distributed ; BRANCHES alternate, slightly constricted at 

 their origins and ringed above them, bearing short, sub- 

 erect ramules, which are more or less aniiulated ; POLY- 

 PITES large, of a pinkish colour, with about 24 long 

 white tentacles. 



Height about 6 inches. 



THE long, simple stems, which are generally of a dark rich 

 horn-colour, and the slender habit distinguish this species 

 from the preceding. While there is a good deal of varia- 

 bility in the branching, it never assumes the truly arbo- 

 rescent character that belongs to E. rameum. There is 

 often a considerable amount of annulation on the stems ; 

 but it is irregularly distributed *. 



* "Tuhulis * * * alterne ramoBis passimque annulatis." Palla*. 



