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ANTIPATHES. 



Tab. 19. 

 Fig. 1 1. 



,12. 



Antipathes myrio- 

 phylla. 



Yarrow-like Antipathes, 



Antipathes incurva ra- 

 mojijjima pinnata^ pimiu- 

 lis hinc ramofisfetaceis. 



b 19. 



This Antipathes is full of 

 pinnated branches that bend 

 downwards ; thefe pinnated 

 branches have other little fpiny 

 branches on their upper fide. 



Fig. 11. 12. 



The form of this Antipathes is very elegant, from the 

 bending of its many pinnated branches downwards all 

 round it, which gives it the appearance of a fine fhady 

 little tree. The ipines are but fhort in this, in propor- 

 tion to the laft. '\ he color is of a yellowifli brown. 



It was brought from Batavia, and was collected near 



the fpice iflands. 



5. Antipathes alopecu- 

 roides. 



Foxtail Antipathes. 



Antipathes ramofa^ ra- 

 mis ar&e paniculatis hi- 

 fpidis-Jetaceis, 



This branched Antipathes 

 has its young branches, which 

 are full of fpines and fmall 

 prickles, difpofed in clofe pa- 

 nicles. 



The trunk of this Antipathes rifes from a broad fpread 

 bafe, and divides immediately into feveral large branches 

 of one-third of an inch diameter ; as thefe rife up, one 

 fide of them appears flat, with a groove or channel along 

 the middle of it, where there are the remains of many lit- 

 tle branches that have grown in rows on each fide ot it. 

 It then divides into branches, and often into other 

 branches, all which are in form of clofe panicles, not un- 

 like 



