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 llu remaim this branch is simple and 9 2 cm, long. I he other 



,;::i tO tWO I UMIiellIrls. one of \\ llicll is lorkcd lic. ir il, ■lid (Ml ïtS i II IX t' 



I is unbranched throughoul its «listal 11.6 cm, The stem and branches are round in 



on and the calyces are entirely included, or so nearly so that the sur! ems smooth 



at ii rhere are, however, very slight swellings that indicate the positions of the 



polyi ire mainly lateral in position and tend to form two alternating mus [or one 



h side. I'lu- front and of the branches are largely devoid <>r polyps, although 



thej mail) invade these surfai 



1 he individual calyces are indicated by very low swellings and by their mouths, which 



are 8-rayed in retraction, as is characteristic of the genus. These mouths are about 1 1 mm. 



apart on the averagi llu- polyps are so strongly retracted that their characters can hardly 



out. I In- basal portions of the tentacles are thickly encrusted with warty spindles 



no very definite arrangement. There is a tendency, however, to a longitudinal disposition. 



A cross section ofa branch shows a fairly thick coenenchyma and an axis which appears 



tn be solidly calcareous without the rmu-ciitnc lamellae of alternating hard and soft layers 



characteristic of several genera of Gorganellidae. 



Spicules, The outer layer is composed mainly of small very characteristic doublé 

 heads. rhe inner coenenchyma is filled with usually larger girdled spindles, terete spindles, 

 a few doublé crosses and an occasional very small club. 



Color. The entire colony is of a dull pink color. 



General d is trib u t ion. Type locality is in the Gulf of Mannaar. 



This specimen has a considerable superficial resemblance to certain slender plexaurids. 

 It is a trui mellid, however. but with entirely immersed calyces. 



2. Verrucella flavijlora new name. (1'late 1. figs. 1, ia.); 

 Stat. 47. Bay of Bima, near South fort. 55 metcis. 



I olonj subflabellate in form, 29 cm. in height. The main stem divides dichotomously 

 four times and attains a height of 12.5 cm. Above the basal forking it is round and 3 mm. 

 in diameter. 1.7 cm. above its base it divides into three branches in a curious manner, as il 

 the outer branch were stuck on to where the others fork. The further branching is dichoto- 

 mous in the main, but in one large branch it is unilateral, there being six upright and parallel 

 branchlets from one side. The terminal twigs are often quite long, one being about 15 cm. 

 in length. 1 twigs are flattened, this appearance being exaggerated by the fact that the 



calyces are bilaterally arranged, A slight elevated ridge or keel is evident on one side ot 

 many of the branches, and sometimes this can be seen on both sides. llu- twigs are 

 1.7 mm :.2 mm. in ei ction, The calyces are all lateral and usually in a single row 



on each - I ln-y are emplanted, howevi ernately loward the front and back ot the 



dony, thus giving the appearance of two rows They are rather regularly spaced, the distanci 

 n them illy under 1 mm. 



