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Coralline of the Shops. Ellis Corallin. pag. 48. tab. 24. 

 No. 2. fig. a. A. A 1. A 2. B. Bi. B2. 



Corallina officinalis. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1304. 



This Coralline is particularly defcribed in my EfTay on 

 Corallines, and the figure reprefented highly magnified, 

 both with the calcareous fubftance taken off by vinegar, 

 and before it was immerfed, to ihew its pores. A diflec- 

 tion of it is likewife magnified at fig. 15. in tab. 23; to 

 mew how near the internal conftruclion of its cells agrees 

 with thofe of the Millepora lichenoides. 



It is found on the fea-coaft of thefe kingdoms, and va- 

 ries in its color ; it is found red, greenim, yellowifh, and 

 white. 



22. Corallina elongata. Trailing Coralline. 



Corallina trichotoma> Trichotomous Coralline with 



articulis ftirpiumfubtereti- the joints of the ftem of a 



cuneiformibus ; ramorum roundifh wedge-fhape : of the 



cylindricis ; fummis obtn- branches of a cylindrical fhape: 



Jiuf cults ; nonniillis capita- of the tops a little blunt, and 



tiS - knobs on fome of them. 



Slender trailing Englijh Coralline. Ellis Corallin. p. 49. 

 tab. 24. fig. 3. 



This Coralline was found on the coaft of Cornwall, and 

 is remarkably flenderer, longer, and fmaller than the offi- 

 cinal Coralline, and of a reddifh or purplifh color. 



23. Corallina fubulata. Coralline 'with pointed branches. Tab. 2 i„. 



r^ 11 • ^ IG- k" 



Corallina trichotoma^ This Coralline is trichoto- B. 



articulis Jiirpium ancipiti- mous \ the joints of the fiem 



bus 



