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y.PennatulaCynomorion. The Finger Sea-Pen. 



Pcnnatula ftirpe brevi This Sea-Pen has a fhort, 

 rugofa acuta, rachi crajfa rough, ftriated and pointed 

 cylindrica gramilofa un- Item ; the midrib is cylindri- 

 diquc poly pi f era. cal and flefliy, with its fkin 



like fhagreen, producing po- 

 lype fuckers all round it. 



Malum irifanum marhium. Rondel, pifc. 2. pag. 130. 

 The Finger-Jhaped Sea-Pen. Phil. Tranf. Vol. 53. 

 tab. 21. rig. 3. 4. 5. 



Alcyonium Rpipetrum. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1294. 



Since I have defcribed this Sea-Pen in the Philofophical 

 Tranfactions, it has been mentioned by fome curious per- 

 fons that have wrote on natural hiftory, that this Sea- Pen 

 had no bone in it ; but being fo fortunate, by the friend- 

 fhip of Thomas Pennant, Efq. F. R. S. as to have two 

 fpecimens, Dr. Solander, in order to be fatisned of the 

 truth of the ailertion, defired to diffect one of them, in 

 which we found a bone, as in the others. 



8. Pennatula reniformis. The Kidney-Jljaped Sea-Pen. 



Pennatula reniformis^ This Sea-Pen has its upper 



ftirpe lumbrici facie, a I- part maped like a kidney, and 

 Sera latere polypifera. its item like a worm ; one fide 



of the upper part of it is full 



of polype fuckers. 



The Kidney-Jhaped purple Sea-Pen. Phil. Tranf. Vol. 53. 

 tab. 19. fig. 6 — 10. 



This beautiful purple Sea-Pen was found on the coaft 

 of South Carolina, by John Greg, Efq. of Dominica. 



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