ii2 CORALLINA. 



Corallina nervo tenuiori, fragiliorique internodia lon- 

 giora netlente. Sloan Hift. Jam. I. pag. 58. tab. 20. 



% 3- 



This is found among the American iflands, particu- 

 larly on the coaft of Jamaica. 



The upper part has joints remarkably fmaller than the 

 lower part. 



7. Corallina barbata. Bearded Coralline. 



Corallina dichotoma^ Dichotomous Coralline with 



articulis cj'lindricis, ra- cylindrical joints, and the tops 

 mulls apice barbatis. of the branches ending in 



tufts of filaments. 



Rofary^ or Bead-Coralline of Jamaica. Ellis Corallin. 

 pag. 54. tab. 25. fig. c. C. 



Corallina barbata. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1305. 



Thefe two laft Corallines feem to be near akin ; they 

 look like beads ftrung on ftrincrs ; the tufts of filaments 

 feem to be the infant ftate of the joints, before they are 

 covered with the calcareous part. This will probably be 

 confirmed by future obfervations ; at prefent this appear- 

 ance makes a remarkable difference. 



This was found on the fea-coaft of Jamaica. 



Tab.21. g ; Corallina lapidefcens. Stony Coralline. 



Fig. 9. Corallina dichotoma, Dichotomous Coralline with 

 articulis cylindricis vil- cylindrical downy joints. 

 lofis. 



Tab. 21. Fig. g. Tab. 22. Fig. 9. 



There 



