MILLEPORA. 13-7 



meter. They are found in the Mediterranean Sea, as 

 well as on our coafts. 



12. Millepora rubra. Little Red Millepore. 



Millepora minima fub- This very fmall Red Mille- 



lobata rubra., ports ere- pore branches into little lobes, 

 bris minutis punctata. and is full of fmall pores. 



Madrcpora mhiima fubverrucofa rubra. Brown Hift. 

 Jam. pag. 391. 



This beautiful little Coral is the fmalleft of the tribe, 

 being feldom above one quarter of an inch high ; the 

 whole furface, when magnified, is full of minute white 

 blind pores ; but on the tops of the lobes we may obferve 

 feveral fmall holes, fcattered here and there, that are fur- 

 rounded by a margin ; thefe are properly the little cells. 

 It has a broad bafe by which it adheres to fheHs, corals, 

 and rocks, and is found not only in the Weft Indies, but 

 in the Mediterranean Sea and the Eaft Indies. 



13. Millepora verrucaria. Wart-like Millepore. 



Millepora limbo conca- This Millepore has a round, 



vo tenui explanato fub- thin, ftriated, concave bafe, 



firiato, dfco convexo tu~ with a convex diik full of lit- 



bulis confertis radiate. tie tubes dilpofed like rays. 



Madrepora verrucaria, Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. 

 pag. 1272. 



This very little Millepore is defcribed by feme authors 

 as a Madrepore, and reckoned as a variety of the Madre- 

 pora verrucaria ; but the appearance of the tubular pores 

 will convince the curious obferver, that it is a Millepore ; 



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