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Description of the Plates. 



Plates I. and II. Two specimens of Melitodes dichotoma 

 (Pall.) to show the variation in the colour due to 

 spicules in the species. 

 Plate III. Figs. A and B. Two specimens of the Cape 

 variety of Cavernularia obesa x two diam. to 

 show two examples of the great variability in colour 

 exhibited by this species. 



Fig. C. Sarcophytum trochiforme (n.s.) x three 

 diam., a remarkable dwarf species of the genus. 

 Plate IV. Fig. A. Alcyonium antarcticum (W. and S.) x 3. 



Fig A'. Two examples of the spicules of A. antarc- 

 ticum, the one to the right x 150, the one to the 

 left X 300. 



Fig. B. Acrophytum claviger (n.g.) slightly 

 enlarged. 



Fig. B'. Club-shaped spicule of A. claviger x 160. 



Fig. C. Heteroxenia capensis (n. sp.) slightly en- 

 larged. The stalk is covered with an encrusting 

 growth of the Tunicate Leptoclinum speciosum 

 (Herdman). 

 Plate V. Fig. A. Gorgonia capensis (n.s.) x 2. 



Fig. A'. A fragment of a branch x 20, to show the 

 aspect of the verrucae and the relative proportions 

 of axis and coenenchym. ^ '""^'^ 



