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makes me doubt its being the Millepora afpera of Lin- 

 naeus. It grows to live or fix inches high, and is found 



in the Mediterranean Sea. 



9. Millepora Skenei. Skene ' s Millepore. 



Millepora piano-coin- This Millepore is much 



prcjfa fubramofa utrinque compreffed, and beginning to 

 ceiiifera : cellulis feriatis divide into branches, with cells 

 alternis turbinates ga- on both fides, difpofed in re- 

 leatis : fauce hiante y la- gular rows: the cells are placed 

 bio inferior! denticulo uni- alternately, each has a helmet- 

 co pradito. fhaped cover over its round 



gaping mouth ; the under lip 

 is furnimed with one little 

 tooth. 



I received a fmall fpecimen of this Coral from my late 

 ingenious and learned friend Dr. David Skene, of Aber- 

 deen. It is of a bright mining white color, as if covered 

 over with a filver varnifh. It appears to be the beginning 

 of an elegant kind of Millepore, and was found adhering 

 to a rock in the fea near Aberdeen. It differs much from 

 the Millepora pumicofa, which grows in irregular maffes 

 with a much fmaller opening to its mouth. 



[3,]. MlLLEPORES THAT ARE COMPOSED OF CLUSTERS OF 

 CELLULAR PORES IRREGULARLY ARRANGED. 



10. Millepora pumicofa. Pumice Millepore, 



Millepora multiformis This Millepore appears in 



fragi/is fcaberrimay e eel- many forms ; it is brittle, very 



lull* 



