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They are likewife brought from the Mediterranean and 

 the Eaft-Indian feas. 



19. Gorgonia fuberofa. 



Gorgonia ramofa fub- 

 dichotoma^ ramis lojigio- 

 ribus crajjis teretibus af- 

 ce?ide?itibus^ came minia- 

 ceafpongiofa, of cults fub- 

 Jlellatis in quincimces fere 

 difpoftis, offe pallide ru- 

 bro fuberofo. 



Ellis Corallin. 



pag. 



63. 



Cork-like Gorgon. 



This Gorgon is branched in 

 a fubdivided manner, with 

 very long upright, round, 

 thick branches. The flefhy 

 part is of the color of red lead, 

 and fpongy ; the mouths are 

 like little ftars difpofed al- 

 moft in a quincunx order. 

 The bone, or inward hard 

 part, is of a pale red, and of 

 the fubftance of cork. 



tab. 26. fig. P. Q^R. 



This foft fpongy Coral-like Gorgon is evidently one of 

 this genus, from the different hardnefs of the inner fub- 

 ftance or bone of the animal, compared with the flefhy 

 part on the furface ; where the flefri is rubbed off the in- 

 ner part, it is ffriated as in others of this genus. I have 

 feen fpecimens of it eight or nine inches long. The 

 branches are nearly cylindrical, growing a little flenderer 

 towards the top : they are in thicknefs about the fize of 

 a large goofe-quill ; and are found on the coaft of South- 

 Carolina and the Bahama Iflands. 



20. Gorgonia Briareus. 



The Gorgon Briareus. 



Tab. 14, 

 Fig. i. 



Gorgonia fubramofa This Gorgon rifes with very 2. 



teres crajfa, baji fupra few, thick, fucculent branches, 



rupes 



