28 C E L L A R I A. 



This elegant little celleferous Coralline grows on the 

 Fucus minimus denticulatus triangularis of Sloane's Hii- 

 tory of Jamaica, tab. 20. vol. 1. and faftens itfelf by lit- 

 tle adhering radical tubes. It is fcarce hair an inch high, 

 but moft beautifully formed, of a perfect white enamel. 

 The three little tubular cells are (o combined as to give a 

 tolerable reprefentation or a tulip. The fig. A. tab. 5. 

 fhews the magnified appearance of it, and fig. a. a. a. the. 

 natural fizc as it grows on the fucus. 



It is found on this fucus near moft of the Weft-India 

 iflands. 



Tab. 4." j5 # Cellaria Flabellum. Fa?i Cell. Coralline. 



Fig. c. 



c * Cellaria lapidea articu- This Coralline is jointed, 



lata ramofa dicbotoma, ar- and of a ftony confiftence, 

 ticulisfubcimeiformibusimo having its branches regularly 

 latere cellulojis. fubdivided. The joints are 



almoft wedge-fhaped, and full 

 of cells on one fide. 



Tab. 4. Fig. c. C. 



This is one pf the moft elegant Corallines of this tribe : 

 it is about two inches high, and is found in tufts, fending 

 out many little tubes by which it adheres. Its milk- 

 white cells being difpofed in a flat and regular fubdivifion 

 of its branches, gives it the appearance of fo many little 

 fans. The back-part of the joints are- convex and ftriated, 

 but the fore-part, where the mouths of the cells are, is 

 flat. There are three rows of cells in each joint, two 

 cells in each of the two lower rows, and three cells in the 

 unpermoft. 



This. 



