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tis bafi contort is y ovarii s figure of the ftomach, eacfi 



oppoiite to the other ; the ar- 

 ticulations are nearly top- 

 fliaped, and twifted at the 

 bafe ; the ovaries are unknown. 



Tab. 5. Fig. g. G. 



I found this little Coralline adhering by its radical 

 tubes to a fpecies of Fucus, called by Linnaeus, Fucus 

 lendigerus. In the plate I have given a figure of the 

 Fucus with the Coralline creeping up it, ot its natu- 

 ral fize. It was taken up at fea by an Eaft-India fhip 011. 

 the coaft, of Africa, not tar from the iiland of Afcenfion. 



34. Sertularia fpicata. 



Sertularia Jlirpe tubu- 

 lofa paniculata annulata^ 

 ramulis creber.imis tricho- 

 t07nis ad annul os verticil- 

 latim difpojitis, denticulis 

 terms cylindr.icis ccecifque 

 terminalibusy ovariis 0- 

 •vat is axillaribus. 



Spiked Coralline.. 



This Coralline has a tubur- 

 lous ftem, furrounded by rings,, 

 and ending in a panicle, con- 

 firming ol many clofe - fet 

 branches, which are fubdi- 

 vided in a threefold order ; 

 thefe are inferted in whirls 

 round the rings, and end in 

 three cylindrical denticles, 

 whofe openings are very fmall ; 

 the ovaries are oval, and in- 

 ferted in the angles of the 

 branches. 



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c. Sertularia Evanfii. 



Evans's Coralline. 



Sertularia ramofa^ ra- This Coralline has oppofite 



mis oppojitis, denticulis branches, and fhort- denticles 



brevibui 



