ISIS. 105 



flrong enough to withftand the force of the waves. The 

 foft geniculations then are only found in the ilenderer 

 parts of the branches. 



1. Ifis ochracea. Jointed Red Coral. 



Ifis ftirpe e?'ofo-ftriata . This Ifis has a ftony ftem, 



lapidea rubra dichotoma irregularly channelled, as if 



explanata ramojtjftma ar~ eaten into ; the branches are 



ticulata, geniculis nodofts many, dichotomous, and fpread 



fpongiofis fulvis, carnefla- out; the joints are connected 



vefcente, ofcidis ftellatls, by deep yellow fpongy knobs. 



polypos otlote?itaculatos ob- The flefh is of a pale yellow, 



ducentlbus. full of fi;arry mouths, that co- 

 ver polypes with eight claws. 



Red Coral from the Eafv Indies. Ellis Philof. Tranf. 

 Vol. 50. pag. 189. tab. 3. 



Ifis ochracea. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. pag. 1287. 



This beautiful His is found in the Eaft-Indian Ocean 

 among the fpice iflands. It is fo very liable to fall to 

 pieces, when dry, that good fpecimens of it are very rare. 

 There is likewife a variety of_it, whofe ftony part and flefh 

 are quite white ; but the fpongy geniculations are of a 

 brownifh yellow. 



2. Ifis Hippuris. Black and White jointed Coral. Tab. 3. 



Fig. 1—5 



Ifis ftirpe artkidata la- This Ifis has a jointed ftony 



pidea, ramulis fparfts, ojfe Hem, which rifes into many 

 articulis cylindricis lapideis loofe branches. The bone or 

 a/bis julcatis, internodiis fupport of the animal confifts 

 cornels nigris conftritlis of white, cylindrical, ftony, 



P connexls. 



