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G O R G O N I A. 



Lithophyton Americanutn^ maximum > cinereum^ cortice 

 punElato. Aft. Par. 1700. pag. 34. tab. 2. 

 Hughes Hift. Barbadoes, tab. 27. fig. 1. 



This Gorgon was fent by Mr. Greg, preferved in fpirits, 

 to the Earl of Hillfborough. 



The flefh is very thick, and the bone very final 1 at the 

 extremities : in large old fpecimens the bone is very 

 black, and like horn. 



18. Gorgonia Flabellum. 



Gorgonia reticulata^ 

 ramis interne comprejffis^ 

 came flava [inter clum 

 purpurea) ojculis minutis 

 J'parjisj polypis oElotenta- 

 culatis, ojfe nigro corneo, 

 in ramis majoribus tenui- 

 ter Jlriato. 



Venus' 's Fan. 



This Gorgon grows in form 

 of a net, with its branches 

 compreffed inwardly. The 

 flefh. is yellow, fometimes pur- 

 ple, with fmall mouths, placed 

 irregularly, having polypes 

 with eight tentacles. The 

 bone is black, horny, and 

 {lightly ftriated on the larger 

 branches. 



Flabellum Veneris. Ellis Corallin. pag. 61. tab. 26. 

 fig. A. 



Gorgonia Flabellum. Linn. SyfL Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1293. 



Both the trunk and branches of this Sea-Fan are pin- 

 nated, and by the means of the fmall branches crofling 

 each other and blending together, they compofe this ele- 

 gant reticulated form. Mr. Greg has likewife fent over 

 many fmall fpecimens of this Sea-Fan preferved in fpirits, 

 with the polypes extended, which have eight claws. 



This elegant Sea-Fan is found principally in the Ame- 

 rican feas, where they grow to three and four feet high. 



They 



