i 4 2 M I L L E P O R A. 



Millepora alcicomis. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1282. 



The pores of this Millepore, as it is generally brought 

 to us, are fcarce viiible ; but when they come from the 

 Weft Indies, preferved in fpirits, they are very diftin- 

 guifhable, each appearing funk in a little cavity : in the 

 dried fpecimens they appear level with the furface, and 

 of two ftzes, larger and fmaller. This is one of the com- 

 moneft of the Corals in the Weft Indies, and ufed prin- 

 cipally for burning into lime. It is found in a variety of 

 forms, fome with round irregular branches, others pal- 

 mated, which end in taper figures, like fingers ; as thefe 

 branches grow up, they frequently unite together, form- 

 ing new palmated branches that end in flender digitated 

 forms. This Coral is often found inverting the dead 

 ftems of the Gorgonias, where it appears like fo many 

 beads of a necklace. 



Sir Hans Sloane, in his Hiftory of Jamaica, has given 

 a figure of a bottle that was taken out of the fea in- 

 crufted with it. This is now to be feen among his cu- 

 rious colle&ion of Corals in the Britifh Mufeum. 



Tab. 12. 20. Millepora casrulea. Blue Millepore. 



Fig. 4. r r 



Millepora plana fcabra, ThisMilleporeis flat, rough, 



laminis crajjis varie tor- and divided into thick plates, 



tuofts fubdivifa, apicibus bending different ways ; the 



fccpe lobars, porifque Jub- tops or thefe are fometimes 



Jlellatis cylindricis utrinque lobated, and both fides are 



inJlruElis. furnifhed with cylindrical 



pores, almoft like ftars. 



Tab. 12. Fig. 4. 



This 



