GORGONIA. 67 



10. Pennatula Encrinus. Great clufler Sea-Polype. 



Pennatula ftirpe qua- This Sea-Pen has a very 



drangulari attc?tuata Ion- long, fquare, bony ftem, which 

 gijflma ojfea membrana cal- grows very fmali towards the 

 lofa veftita, polypis ovi- top, and is covered with a cal- 

 paris apice in iwibellam lous membrane : it fends forth 

 congeftis. from the top, in form of an 



umbell, a clufter of polypes, 

 from whence the eggs or fpawn 

 is produced. 



Clufler- Polype. Ellis Phil. Tranf. Vol. 48. pag. 305. 

 tab. 12. Corallin. pag. 96. tab. 37. 



Vorticella Encrinus. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. pag. 1317. 



The ingenious Dr. Bohadfch, of Prague, has very pro- 

 perly placed this curious animal among the Sea-Pens. 



The twifting of the bone in the ftem feems to be an 

 accident, and not the character of the animal. 



VIII. .GORGONIA. THE GORGON 



Animal crefcens plantce Is an animal that grows with 



facie. the appearance of a plant. 



Os (five fulcrum) va- The bone, or inward fup- 



riat confflentid in diverjis port, varies in different fpe- 



fpeciebus, et eft vel coria- cies in its confiftence, and is 



ceum^fuberofum^ Ug7iofu?n, either like leather, cork, wood, 



corneu7n> ojfeum, tefta- horn, bone, fhell, made of 



ceum, fibris vitreis con- glafty fibres, or like ftone ; it 



textumvellapideum; ftri- is ftriated, grows fmaller at 



K 2 atum. 



