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1 he diameters of the main stem are 5 mm. and 22 mm., the axis 

 l^emg bare, of the lower branches are about 4 mm. and 10 mm., 

 including tjic coenenchym. The terminal branches are almost 

 cylindrical in shape. The coenenchym is thin. The axis is 

 liorny, with very little or no lime. The \'errucae are small o'5 

 mm. m diameter and scattered unevenl)- on all sides of the 

 branches. 



The surface of the coenenchym presents a series of peculiar 

 torch-like spicules similar to those of Eunicella (Hickson 6 Plate 

 v.c). They are about o. i mm. in length. The other spicules are 

 spindles with very pronounced and regularly arranged tubercles, 

 varying considerably in si/.o, l)ul frequently reaching 0.15 mm. in 

 length. 



The second specimen, which is well preserved, is a good deal 

 smaller, being not more than 70 mm. in height. The coenen- 

 chym of the base is very largely destroyed, and the horny axis 

 if covered with a varied fauna of zoophytes, of which a species 

 of Hydrozoon allied to Bimeria is a predominant feature. The 

 most important fact about this specimen is that the stem and 

 branches are not flattened but nearly cylindrical throughout, and 

 the branching is not strictly in one plane. The coenenchym 

 moreover, is in many parts of the branches swollen to form oval 

 knobs, or knuckledike nodes. These two features are noteworthy 

 because, to a superficial observer, they might seem sufficient to 

 separate the specimen from a species to which the generic name 

 Platygorgia has been applied. I am very strongly of opinion 

 that the flattening of the stem and branches so frequently noticed 

 in this species and in Gorgonia (Lophogorgia) flammea (Ellis) is 

 a character produced by local circumstances, and should be used 

 very cautiously for diagnostic purposes. For this reason I have 

 adopted Kolliker's view that the species should be retained in 

 the genus Gorgonia for the present. The colour of both speci- 

 mens is pale cream to white. 



The. second specimen is, in external features, very similar to the 

 specimen that is described next (Crorgonia species?), but it differs 

 from it decidedly in the character of the spicules. In Gorgonia 

 albicans, moreover, the elongated slit-shaped openings of the 

 calices are irregularly arranged, not parallel with the axis as 

 tb.ey are in Gorgonia liitkeni, G. capensis aaid the unnamed 

 specimen in the collection. 



Grorg'onia, Sp. (?). 

 Locality: Lat. 34° 5' 20" S., Long. 25° 43' E. 52 fathoms. Rock. 



Svii. Eii/^liwiiiirii tiipcusis (.*) Verrill, 20. 



In the bottle containing Eugorgia gilchristi (p. 230) there was a 

 fiagment of what may have been a large Gorgonian consisting 



