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6. Spongia dichotoma. Dichotomous Sponge. 



Spongia ramofa tenax. Stiff, branched Sponge, with 



ramis dichotomis ereclis round, upright, elafticbranches, 



teretibus fuberofs fubvil- covered with minute hairs. 



lofis. 



Dichotomous branched Sponge. Phil. Tranf. Vol. 55. 

 pag. 289. tab. 11. fig. I. 



Spongia dichotoma. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. pag. 1299. 



This was found on the coaft of Norway, and grows to 

 five or fix inches high ; it is of a pale yellow color, and 

 full of very minute pores. 



7. Spongia urens. Stinging Sponge. 



Spongia multiformis pa- This Sponge is of many 



rofa, fpinulis intertexta^ forms, full of pores, very brit- 

 tenerrima mollis. , tie and foft, and interwoven 



with the minuteft fpines. 



Sponge like Crumb of Bread. Ellis Corallin. pag. 80. 

 tab. 16. fig. d. di. Di. Phil. Tranf. Vol.55. P a g- 2 ^' 

 tab. 10. fig. A. 



Spongia foment of a. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1299. 



The fpecimens, which I have met with of this Sponge, 

 are full oi papilla?, or fmall protuberances, with a hole in 

 each, from whence they fuck in and throw out the wa- 

 ter, as through fo many mouths. It is very common on 

 the Britim coafl, and is frequently found furrounding 

 fucus's. It is alfo found on the coaft of Africa, and in 

 the Eaft Indies. When it is frefh taken out of the fea, it 

 is of a bright orange color, and full of gelatinous flefli ; 



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