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and perhaps the beginning of fome one already defcribed, 

 probably the Millepora tubulofa. It is about the fize of 

 a fpli.t pea, and found adhering to Fucus's and Fluftras, 

 or Sea-Matts, in the Britifh feas. 



[4]. MlLLEPORES THAT HAVE SMALL VESSELS RUNNING 

 LENGTHWAYS THROUGH THEIR InSIDES, AND WHICH 



send out Pores on one Side, or only in a Line on 

 the Margin. 



1 4. Millepora foraminofa. Lace Millepore. 



Millepora reticulata in- This Millepore is formed 



fundibuliformis inordinate like a net, funnel-friaped, and 



■undulato-plicata, latere irregularly waved, and plaited 



fuperiori tantum porofa. in the margin. It is full of 



pores only on one fide. 



Retepora efchara marina. Ellis Corallin. pag. 72. 

 tab. 25. fig. d. D. F. 



Millepora cellulofa. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1284. 



Though this elegant little Coral is found now and 



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then on our coaft, we cannot boaft of thofe beautiful 

 forms that we find in fpecimens from the Mediterranean 

 Sea. Ours is generally funnel-fhaped ; but the foreign is 

 more loofely folded and waved, and looks like open lace ; 

 the under part is quite fmooth between the openings, but 

 the upper furface is full of cells, which are difpofed in a 

 regular quincunx order. 



15. Millepora reticulata. Net Millepore. 



Millepora ramofa in This Millepore is branched, 



planu7n expanfa> ramis and expands horizontally ; the 



c dichotomic 



