PLATE IV. 



Fig. 1. Dasygorgia spiculosa, Verrill. Terminal polyp, 



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jiexilis, n. sp. a. Polyp retracted ; h, polyp partly expanded, 

 showing the distended body-cavity, which is packed with 

 ova, ....... 



melanotrichos, n. sp. Two polyps, .... 



expansa, n. sp. a, Two terminal polyps ; b, polyp from the 

 central portion of the colony, .... 



geniculata, n, sp. One of the lateral polyps, 



acanthella, n. sp. Two polyps, one terminal. The openings 

 of the siphonozoids are scattered through the coenenchyma, 



axillaris, n. sp. Two lateral poylps. Also with siphonozoids, 



japonica. n. sp. A terminal and a lateral polyp. 



All these figures are enlarged. 



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