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14. Gorgonia verrucofa. Warted Gorgon. 



Gorgonia in piano ra- This Gorgon grows with 



mofa flab ellt for mis ^ ramis round irregular branches in a 



teretibus flexuofis, ofculis flat fan fhape. The mouths 



prominulis papillof.s albi- are like white prominent warts. 



dis, ojfe tereti fubflantia The bony part is of a fub- 



lign of 0- cornea. ftance between wood and horn. 



Phil. Tranf. Vol. 50. tab. 34. fig. 19. a. 



Gorgonia verrucofa. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1291. 



There are various fpecies of this warted Sea-Fan in the 

 Weft Indies, the Mediterranean, and on the coaft of 

 Cornwall. There are fome of them, whofe warts are 

 more prominent and clofer together than others. This 

 Sea-Fan, when dry, is of a dirty white or cinereous 

 color. The fpecimen which I have quoted from the Phi- 

 lofophical Tranfaclions, is incrufting the Lepas calceolus, 

 or Slipper Barnacle. 



15. Gorgonia anceps. Sea-Willow Gorgon. 



Gorgonia ramofa fub- This Gorgon is branched 



dichotoma^ came depreffa- nearly in a fubdivided manner. 

 ancipiti^ marginibus of- The flefh is flat on each fide, 

 cu/ofls, ojfe fubtereti atte- with a row of little mouths 

 nuato fubfla'ntid corneo- along both the margins. The 

 fcbcoriacea. bone is roundifh, and fmall at 



the ends, of a horny nature, 

 inclining to leather. 



Sea-Willow. Ellis Coraliin. pag. 68. tab. 27. fig. g. 

 Gorgonia anceps. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. pag. 1292. 



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