130 M I L L E P O R A. 



mulis attenuatis coalefce?i- moufly branched; the little 

 tibus. branches often unite together, 



and become fmaller at the 



ends. 



Tab. 23. Fig. 13. 



This milk-white little Coral has a very different ap- 

 pearance from that called M. polymorpha, or the little 

 Englifh Coral of the Shops, which is found on the coafts 

 of thefe iflands. From the habit and manner of its 

 growing, I fhall conlider it as different fpecies. 



This grows to four inches high ; the branches become 

 fmaller towards the end, and are generally regularly fub- 

 divided. On breaking the branches flantways, the inter- 

 nal cellular ftru&ure may be feen in the microfcope. It is 

 found in the Mediterranean Sea. 



2. Millepora polymorpha. BritiJJj officinal Coral. 



Millepora fafciculata This Millepore is in folid 



Jblida, ramulis difformi- maffes, irregularly ramofe, and 

 bus tuberculatis. tuberculated. 



Cor allium fumilum alburn^ fere lapideum, ramofum' 

 Ellis Corallin. pag. 76. tab. 27. fig. c. 



Millepora polymorpha. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 1 2. p. 1 285. 



This is the Coral of the Shops, and is found in great 

 plenty in the feas round thefe iflands, efpecially near Fal- 

 mouth, and the Ifle of Man. It is of very different co- 

 lors, as red, yellow, greenifh, afh-colored, but feldom 

 white. It is ufed in many places for manure, particu- 

 larly at Falmouth, according to Mr. Ray ; and is fup- 

 pofed by fome late authors, but with no degree of proba- 

 bility, to be driven by the wind and waves hither from 



the 



